{"title":"Götz Aly","description":"\u003cp\u003eGötz Aly’s works offer profound insights into the social and economic forces that shaped 20th-century history, with a particular focus on Nazi Germany. His meticulous research uncovers the complex relationships between ordinary citizens and the broader machinery of power, revealing how complicity and benefit influenced historical outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect deeply analytical narratives that blend political, social, and economic perspectives. His books challenge conventional views and provide a nuanced understanding of historical events, making his collection essential for those interested in history and the intricate dynamics of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-magnificent-boat-by-gotz-aly-9780674276574","title":"The Magnificent Boat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom an eminent and provocative historian, a wrenching parable of the ravages of colonialism in the South Pacific.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountless museums in the West have been criticized for their looted treasures, but few as trenchantly as the Humboldt Forum, which displays predominantly non-Western art and artifacts in a modern reconstruction of the former Royal Palace in Berlin. The Forum's premier attraction, an ornately decorated fifteen-meter boat from the island of Luf in modern-day Papua New Guinea, was acquired under the most dubious circumstances by Max Thiel, a German trader, in 1902 after two decades of bloody German colonial expeditions in Oceania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGötz Aly tells the story of the German pillaging of Luf and surrounding islands, a campaign of violence in which Berlin ethnologists were brazenly complicit. In the aftermath, the majestic vessel was sold to the Ethnological Museum in the imperial capital, where it has remained ever since. In Aly's vivid telling, the looted boat is a portal to a forgotten chapter in the history of empire—the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago. One of these islands was even called Aly, in honour of the author's great-granduncle, Gottlob Johannes Aly, a naval chaplain who served aboard ships that helped subjugate the South Sea islands Germany colonized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile acknowledging the complexity of cultural ownership debates, Götz Aly boldly questions the legitimacy of allowing so many treasures from faraway, conquered places to remain located in the West. Through the story of one emblematic object, \u003cem\u003eThe Magnificent Boat\u003c\/em\u003e artfully illuminates a sphere of colonial brutality of which too few are aware today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833663967468,"sku":"9780674276574","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1267623482428.jpg?v=1758473835"},{"product_id":"hitlers-beneficiaries-by-gotz-aly-9781784786342","title":"Hitler's Beneficiaries","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale—and by channelling the proceeds into generous social programmes—Hitler bought his people's consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on secret files and financial records, Götz Aly shows that while Jews and people of occupied lands suffered crippling taxation, mass looting, enslavement, and destruction, most Germans enjoyed a much-improved standard of living. Buoyed by the millions of packages soldiers sent from the front, Germans also benefited from the systematic plunder of conquered territory and the transfer of Jewish possessions into their homes and pockets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAny qualms were swept away by waves of government handouts, tax breaks, and preferential legislation. Gripping and significant, \u003ci\u003eHitler's Beneficiaries\u003c\/i\u003e makes a radically new contribution to our understanding of Nazi aggression, the Holocaust, and the complicity of a people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596586664172,"sku":"9781784786342","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784786342-hitler-s-beneficiaries.jpg?v=1777931566"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/gotz-aly.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}