The impact of Nazism : new perspectives on the Third Reich and its legacy / edited by Alan E. Steinweis and Daniel E. Rogers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinweis, Alan E.

Rogers, Daniel E., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.

National socialism.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Psychological aspects.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [2003]

Summary:

The consequences of Germany's twelve-year Nazi regime continue to reverberate and to spark debate among scholars and the general public. In this volume leading scholars present provocative essays probing the nature, history, and aftermath of the Nazi regime, including its connections to the Federal Republic of Germany after the war. The essays address the nature of Nazism as reflected in contemporary perceptions of Nazi Germany in the United States; the origins and character of faseism, the many forms of an usemitism; German scholars' efforts to promote persecution in the Third Reich: the role of ethnic Germans in the anti-Jewish and anti-Slavic policies of the Reich: the actions of German police in the occupation of eastern Europe and in the Holocaust; Hitler's style of leadership; the nazification of the German military high command; and the politics surrounding the memory of Nazism and the Holocaust after 1945.

The Impact of Nazism employs diverse approaches, exploits a variety of new and long-available sources, and asks new questions, making clear the profound connections between the Nazis and the world that survived them.

Contents:

Nazi Germany: New Questions, New Perspectives / Daniel E. Rogers, Alan E. Steinweis xi

1. American Interpretations of National Socialism, 1933-1945 / Michaela Honicke Moore 1

2. The American South and Nazi Racism / Johnpeter Horst Grill 19

3. Relations between the Nazis and French and Dutch Fascists, January 1933-August 1934 / Dietrich Orlow 39

4. Antisemitic Scholarship in the Third Reich and the Case of Peter-Heinz Seraphim / Alan E. Steinweis 68

5. A Reassessment of Volksdeutsche and Jews in the Volhynia-Galicia-Narew Resettlement / Valdis O. Lumans 81

6. The Volksdeutsche of Eastern Europe and the Collapse of the Nazi Empire, 1944-1945 / Doris L. Bergen 101

7. Shaping the Police Soldier as an Instrument for Annihilation / Edward B. Westermann 129

8. A Comparison of the High Commands of Germany, Great Britain, and the United States during World War II / Alan F. Wilt 151

9. The SS, NSDAP, and the Question of Volkssturm Expansion / David K. Yelton 167

10. The Appointment of Admiral Karl Donitz as Hitler's Successor / David Grier 182

11. Justice and Politics in Karl Donitz's Release from Spandau / Norman J. W. Goda 199

12. America as Model? U.S. Antitrust Policy and Ludwig Erhard's Struggle against Cartels in West Germany / Alfred C. Mierzejewski 213

13. The Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Political Legacy of the Holocaust / Daniel E. Rogers 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0803242999

OCLC:

50447957