Table of Contents -- Foreword by José Gotovitch ix -- Preface and Acknowledgements xi -- Introduction 1 -- I. Before the Occupation 5 -- The Land and the People 5 -- Institutions and Society 6 -- The Monarchy 13 -- Politics and Government 1918-1940 17 -- The "Language Question" 24 -- Foreign Policy 34 -- The Invasion and its Aftermath 43 -- II. Survey of the Main Periods of the Occupation 53 -- III. The Establishment of the New Administration 63 -- National-Socialist Government and German Designs on Belgium 63 -- The Establishment and Organization of the Military Command 68 -- General von Falkenhausen and his Staff 77 -- The Reports of the Military Administration: Intentionality and Reliability 93 -- The Struggle Over the Introduction of a Civilian Administration (Reichskommissariat) 96 -- The Germans and the Belgian Administration 104 -- The Germans and the Administration of Law 114 -- IV. German Political Activities 125 -- General Policies 125 -- Policy Toward King Leopold 127 -- Nationality Policies (Volkstumspolitik) 130 -- The Germans and the Mass Media 136 -- Police and Security Measures 141 -- The Persecution of the Jews 149 -- Labor, Welfare and Culture 172 -- The Germans and Belgian Prisoners of War 186 -- V. The Economic Exploitation of Belgium 191 -- General Observations 191 -- Reconstruction and Transportation 193 -- Stages of Exploitation 198 -- Agriculture and Food 214 -- Labor and the Labor Draft 225 -- The Management of Finances, Wages and Prices 238 -- External Trade 247 -- VI. Summary and Conclusion: The German Occupation Regime in Belgium 1940-1944 249 -- The German Administration: Personalities, Policies and Political Effectiveness 251 -- Economic Exploitation 259 -- The Moral Issue 263 -- Final Conclusion 266 -- Glossary 269 -- Selected Abbreviations Employed in Notes and Bibliography 273 -- Notes 275 -- Bibliography 325.

Appendix: Bibliographical Essay by Willem C. M. Meyers 347 -- Index 357.