Hitler's 'national community' : society and culture in Nazi Germany / Lisa Pine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pine, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

History.

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

Manners and customs.

Germany--Civilization--20th century.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Arnold, 2007.

Summary:

Hitler's 'National Community' provides a new and updated examination of German society under Hitler, analysing and synthesising a generation of scholarship to offer a fresh insight into the subject. The first section examines the attempts of the Nazi regime to create a new Volksgemeinschaft, 'national community', consisting of 'racially pure', fit, healthy, politically reliable and socially responsible Germans. The second part analyses the fate of those groups that were excluded from the Volksgemeinschaft. The final section of the book examines the impact of the Nazi regime upon German culture and considers the links between cultural life and the 'national community'.

Contents:

Part 1 Inside the 'National Community' 15

1 The creation of consensus and conformity 17

2 Coercion, terror and surveillance 31

3 Education 43

4 The Nazi youth groups: the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls 55

5 Women and the family 67

6 The churches and the Wehrmacht 83

Part 2 Outside the 'National Community' 99

7 The Jews 101

8 The Gypsies 113

9 The 'asocial' and the disabled 125

10 Sexual outsiders 139

11 Dissenters and resisters 153

Part 3 Cultural Life and the 'National Community' 167

12 The radio and press 169

13 The cinema and theatre 183

14 Art and architecture 199

15 Music and literature 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780340888469

0340888466

OCLC:

77795706