| Description |
vi, 394 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
'Working towards the "Fuhrer' : reflections on the nature of the Hitler dictatorship -- Ideologue and propagandist : Hitler in light of his speeches, writings, and orders, 1925-1928 -- Improvised genocide? : the emergence of the 'final solution' in the 'Warthegau' -- Hitler's role in the 'final solution' -- The 'everyday' and the 'exceptional' : the shaping of popular opinion, 1933-1939 -- German popular opinion during the 'final solution' : information, comprehension, reactions -- Reactions to the persecution of the Jews -- Popular opinion and the extermination of the Jews -- German popular opinion and the 'Jewish question', 1939-1943 : some further reflections -- Hitler and the Holocaust -- 'Normality' and genocide : the problem of 'historicization' -- Shifting perspectives : historiographical trends in the aftermath of unification -- Hitler and the uniqueness of Nazism -- War and political violence in twentieth-century Europe. |
| Summary |
This volume presents a comprehensive, multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership and of the attitudes and behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide. |
| Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
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National socialism.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
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Nazi propaganda.
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Germany -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
0300124279 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300124279 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 309903211 |
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NZ1 12064556 |
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AU@ 000043053362 |
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