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020			_a9781032549958 _qhardback
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020			_z9781003428442 _qebook
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050	0	0	_aHD8450 _b.B69 2026
100	1		_aBowen, Wayne H., _d1968- _eauthor _4aut _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
245	1	0	_aWorking for Nazi Germany : _bSalvador Merino and Spanish labor in the Third Reich / _cWayne H. Bowen.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRoutledge/Cañada Blanch studies on contemporary Spain ; _v36
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Spanish labor during the Republic and Civil War -- Early career and wartime experience of Gerardo Salvador Merino -- The formation of the sindicatos -- The sindicatos within the Franco regime -- Salvador Merino and Nazi Germany -- Freemasonry and the fall of Salvador Merino -- Spanish workers in Germany, 1941-1942 -- Spanish Republicans in Germany -- Spanish workers in Germany, 1943-1945 -- Conclusion.
520			_a"This book examines the leadership of Gerardo Salvador Merino, the chief director of the Sindicatos, fascist-controlled unions under the Franco Regime, and his plan to send 100,000 volunteer Spanish workers to Nazi Germany. Despite a degree of charisma and organizational effectiveness, the ambitions of Salvador Merino failed to transform Spain or lift the working classes, and his career ended with the discovery of ties to Freemasonry. Workers who volunteered for Germany to improve their workplace skills, aid the New Order, and support their families instead endured air raids, Nazi racism, and wartime miseries. These failures highlight the Franco Regime's misplaced hope to be on the winning side of World War II through low-cost affiliation with Nazi Germany. In the end, Spain derived few benefits from its enthusiasm for Hitler, and after the war endured isolation for its earlier aims. Through new sources on both Salvador Merino and the Spaniards in the Third Reich, this book reveals the story of unsuccessful revolutionary intentions, failed collaboration, and the suffering experienced by Spanish workers, including Republican exiles. This volume will be useful to historians and general readers interested in the history of World War II, modern Spain, fascism, and the use of foreign labor in wartime"-- Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aSalvador Merino, Gerardo, _d1910-1971
650		0	_aForeign workers, Spanish _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century
650		0	_aLabor _zSpain _xHistory _y20th century
650		0	_aLabor policy _zSpain _xHistory _y20th century
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xParticipation, Spanish
650		0	_aLabor leaders _zSpain _vBiography
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