Thousands of German construction companies worked under theOrganisation Todt during the Second World War. This study enquires into the relation between the NS state and the construction industry and analyses the businesses' strategies and entrepreneurial room for manoeuvre. Focusing on German construction projects within the Reich and in occupied Norway, the study demonstrates how state's attempts at regulating the sector reached their limits.

Simon Gogl, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norwegen.