Empire in the Heimat : colonialism and public culture in the Third Reich / Willeke Sandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandler, Willeke, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Foreign countries--History--20th century.

Germans.

Germany--Colonies--History--20th century.

Germany.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

With the end of the First World War, Germany became a 'postcolonial' power. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 transformed Germany's overseas colonies in Africa and the Pacific into League of Nations Mandates, administered by other powers. Yet a number of Germans rejected this 'postcolonial' status, arguing instead that Germany was simply an interrupted colonial power and would soon reclaim these territories. With the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, irredentism seemed once again on the agenda, and these colonialist advocates actively and loudly promoted their colonial cause in the Third Reich. Examining the domestic activities of these colonialist lobbying organizations, 'Empire in the Heimat' demonstrates the continued place of overseas colonialism in shaping German national identity after the end of formal empire.

Contents:

The stakes of overseas colonialism in the Weimar Rpublic

Gleichschaltung and the beginnings of a mass movement, 1933-1935

Locating Germanness, locating the colonial : competing organizations and visions of empire

Caring for Africans here and there : race, place, and the myth of the good German colonizer

The second Gleichschaltung in 1936

The paradox of success, 1936-1939

Seeing the colonies colonialist visual culture, 1936-1943

Africa or the east? Colonialists during the Second World War, 1939-1943.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-069792-X

0-19-069793-8

0-19-069791-1