Life in the Third Reich / edited, with an introduction, by Richard Bessel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bessel, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.

Germany.

Manners and customs.

Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Social conditions.

National socialism.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Local Subjects:

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 124 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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.

Contents:

These articles were first published in History today, between October 1985 and February 1986 - t.p. verso.

Notes:

"These articles were first published in History today between October 1985 and February 1986"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.

ISBN:

0192802100

OCLC:

48534899