02954cam a2200421 i 4500 2641329768 TxAuBib 20260122120000.0 251126s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781639737444 $29.99 1639737448 $29.99 TxAuBib rda Dick, Charles. Unknown enemy [BOOK] : the hidden Nazi force that built the Third Reich / Charles Dick. Hidden Nazi force that built the Third Reich, The. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025. vi, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Todt: the engineer. The beginnings; Wartime -- Speer: the architect. The new broom; Camps and ghettos; Endgame; Judgment. "Adolf Hitler described the Organisation Todt as 'the greatest construction organization of all time.' It was from this organization, headed by Albert Speer, that Hitler enlisted the nation's leading engineers and architects to build his empire of dreams. In time, it became a key partner to the SS and the Wehrmacht and led to the deaths of millions. Unknown Enemy reveals the full extent of the OT and its long arm across Europe and the Reich. In wartime, its operations relied mainly on Germany's slave labor system, the largest exploitation of foreign labor since the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Charles Dick takes us inside the OT's vast building projects throughout German-occupied Europe, from the Arctic circle to the Balkans, to tell the story of how engineers and builders-so-called 'ordinary men'-perpetrated some of the gravest war crimes under its banner. Despite its extensive network, the Organisation Todt largely managed to slip under the radar of war prosecutors after Germany's defeat. Drawing on extensive new research, first-person accounts and survivor testimony, Unknown Enemy finally unearths its dark story.". 20260122. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945. Speer, Albert 1905-1981. Organisation Todt (Germany.) World War, 1939-1945 Engineering and construction. World War, 1939-1945 Conscript labor Europe. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German. Engineering Germany History 20th century. Engineers Germany 20th century. Architects Germanyy20th century. Architects and builders Germany 20th century. Forced labor Europe History 20th century. War crimes History 20th century. Germany History 1933-1945.