Visions of community in Nazi Germany : social engineering and private lives

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. The concept of volksgemeinschaft - the people's community - enshrined the Nazis' vision of society; a society based on racist, social-Darwinist...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: Steber, Martina 1976- (HerausgeberIn), Gotto, Bernhard 1973- (HerausgeberIn), Conference German Society in the Nazi Era
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 2014
Schlagworte:Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Social engineering National socialism World War, 1939-1945 Deutschland Volksgemeinschaft Alltag Geschichte 1933-1945 Nationalsozialismus Ideologie mehr... Gesellschaft Drittes Reich
Umfang:XX, 336 Seiten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Machine generated contents note:1.Volksgemeinschaft: Writing the Social History of the Nazi Regime Bernhard Gotto
  • IV.VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT: A RATIONALE FOR VIOLENCE15.The Holocaust: Basis and Objective of the Volksgemeinschaft? Christopher R. Browning
  • I.VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT: CONTROVERSIES2.Volksgemeinschaft: Potential and Limitations of the Concept Ian Kershaw
  • 3.Volksgemeinschaft: A Modern Perspective on National Socialist Society Michael Wildt
  • 4.Echoes of the Volksgemeinschaft Ulrich Herbert
  • II.A NEW FRAME OF REFERENCE: IDEOLOGY, ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES, AND SOCIAL CONTROL5.Pluralities of National Socialist Ideology: New Perspectives on the Production and Diffusion of National Socialist Weltanschauung Lutz Raphael
  • 6.The Nsdap's Operational Codes after 1933 Armin Nolzen
  • 7.Mobilizing German Society for War: The National Socialist Gaue Thomas Schaarschmidt.
  • 16.Volksgemeinschaft and Violence: Some Reflections on Interdependencies Sven Keller
  • 17.Social Control and the Making of the Volksgemeinschaft Detlef Schmiechen-Ackermann
  • V.THE LIMITS OF VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT POLICIES18.The Military Elite and Volksgemeinschaft Johannes Hurter
  • 19.National Socialist Blueprints for Rural Communities and their Resonance in Agrarian Society Willi Oberkrome
  • 20.The End of the Volksgemeinschaft Richard Bessel.