Life in the Third Reich /
Even today, the Third Reich--the regime that instigated the most destructive war in modern history--evokes powerful images of fascination and horror. Yet how were the lives of the ordinary German people of the 1930s and '40s affected by the politics of Hitler and his followers? Looking beyond t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001
Oxford [England] ; New York : 1987 Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1987 Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1987 Oxford ; New York : 2001 Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : 1987 |
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| Summary: | Even today, the Third Reich--the regime that instigated the most destructive war in modern history--evokes powerful images of fascination and horror. Yet how were the lives of the ordinary German people of the 1930s and '40s affected by the politics of Hitler and his followers? Looking beyond the catalog of events, this intriguing book reveals that daily German life involved a complex mixture of bribery and terror; of fear and concessions; of barbarism and appeals to conventional moral values employed by the Nazis to maintain their grip on society. Eight leading historians present essays that shed fresh light on topics as familiar as the role of political violence in Nazi seizure of power and the German view of Hitler himself. It also focuses on lesser-known aspects of life in the Third Reich, such as village life, the treatment of "social outcasts," and the Germans' own retrospective view of this period of their history The Third Reich, a regime which instigated the most destructive war in modern history, still evokes fascination and horror today. Yet how were the lives of ordinary German people of the 1930s and 1940s affected by the politics of Hitler and his followers? This book reveals that daily German life under the Third Reich involved a complex mixture of bribery and terror; of fear and concessions; of barbarism and appeals to conventional moral values employed by the Nazis to maintain their grip on society. Eight leading historians present essays that shed fresh light on topics as familiar as the role of political violence in Nazi seizure of power and the German view of Hitler himself. It also focuses on lesser-known aspects of life in the Third Reich, such as village life, the treatment of "social outcasts," and the Germans' own retrospective view of this period of their history |
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| Item Description: | First published in History today between October 1985 and February 1986 Includes index Issued with various printing dates This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "First published in History today between October 1985 and February 1986"--T.p. verso "These articles were first published in History today between October 1985 and February 1986"--T.p. verso |
| Physical Description: | xix, 124 p. ; 22 cm xix, 124 p. [16] p. of plates ; ill. ; 23 cm xix, 124 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm xix, 124 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm xix, 124 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm xix, 124 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm xxiii, 124 p. ; 20 cm xxiii, 124 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 111-112 Bibliography: p. 111-113 Bibliography: pages 111-113 Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index |
| ISBN: | 0192158929 0192802100 0192851845 (pbk.) 0192851845 |