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WAR PROFIT. THE COMING INTO BEING AND LIVING ON OF OCCUPATION MEASURES The subject of this research is occupation law, that is to say the law that was established in the Netherlands under the German occupation, in particular the generally binding regulations of the central government. The central question is: which of these measures were included in Dutch legislation in the years after the liberation, and what lasting significance can be attributed to it for post-war society? A collateral question is that about the share and rationale of the German authorities in the realization of these durable measures. A second complementary question is that of possible continuity with pre-war government policy. In the first four chapters, the generic process of the establishment and liquidation of the occupation law is reconstructed; chapters 5 to 12 describe these processes per department.ConclusionsUnder the authority of the German occupier, a substantial number of measures of varying nature and importance were adopted in the Netherlands, which were given a place in the Dutch legal system after the liberation. An important part of those measures involved the forced implementation of legislation that was already on the political agenda before the war, but in which decision-making stagnated due to political stalemates. In a few cases, this concerned laws that had already been accepted by parliament, but had not yet been introduced due to the wartime circumstances. Others filled an obvious need or a clear gap.All in all, these lasting occupation measures had lasting significance for post-war society, in three areas: the strengthening of state power, the expansion of social security and the improvement of legal protection. In the symbiotic relationship between Dutch civil servants and their German supervisors, the initiative for these measures has in most cases been taken by the latter.The conclusion must be that the German occupiers, whatever their motives may have been, pushed through measures that contributed significantly to the development of the post-war social welfare state. Hence the title: Oorlogswinst, which means: War Profit. |
