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The making of a Nazi hero : the murder and myth of Horst Wessel / Daniel Siemens ; translated by David Burnett.
Van Pelt Library DD247.W47 S5413 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siemens, Daniel.
- Standardized Title:
- Horst Wessel. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Wessel, Horst, 1907-1930.
- Wessel, Horst.
- Nazis--Biography.
- Nazis.
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
- Germany.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Contents:
- Part I From Pastor's Son to Street Fighter 1
- 1 Murder in Friedrichshain 3
- 2 Father and Son 19
- 3 The Young National Socialist 41
- 4 The SA's Battle of the Streets 65
- 5 The Culprits Flee 78
- 6 Traces to Nowhere 83
- 7 Sensation in the Criminal Court: The First Horst Wessel Trial (1930) 93
- Part II The National Socialist Hero, Profiteers and Victims (1930-1945) 105
- 8 Cult and Commerce 107
- 9 With God's Blessing 126
- 10 A Hero for German Youth 135
- 11 Monuments in Stone and Iron 145
- 12 Exploiting the Myth 165
- 13 Literary Enlightenment 178
- 14 Revenge of the Nazis 185
- 15 Judicial Murder: The Second Horst Wessel Trial (1934) 203
- 16 Time of Suffering 212
- Part III The Long Shadow of History (1945-2009) 227
- 17 Post-war Justice 229
- 18 'Burden Sharing' 243
- 19 Belated Justice 247.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780760773
- 1780760779
- OCLC:
- 778422558
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