The devil's wall : the nationalist youth mission of Heinz Rutha / Mark Cornwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornwall, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rutha, Heinrich, 1897-1937.

Rutha, Heinrich.

Henlein, Konrad, 1898-1945.

Henlein, Konrad.

Sudetendeutsche Partei.

Youth movements--Czech Republic--Sudetenland--History--20th century.

Youth movements.

Nationalism--Czech Republic--Sudetenland--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Germans--Czech Republic--Sudetenland--Biography.

Germans.

Gay people--Czech Republic--Sudetenland--Biography.

Gay people.

Sudetenland (Czech Republic)--Politics and government--20th century.

Sudetenland (Czech Republic).

Czechoslovakia--History--1918-1938.

Czechoslovakia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Maps

1. Introduction

2. A German Bohemian Education

3. The Sacrifice

4. Rebirth

5. The Militant Youth Mission

6. Eros

7. A Leap into Ice-Cold Water

8. Sudeten Foreign Minister

9. Premonition of Disaster

10. The Cell

Rutha's Ghost Epilogue

Place Names in German and Czech

Notes

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674064898

0674064895

9780674069282

0674069285

OCLC:

794003576