Hitler and Nazi Germany : A History

by Spielvogel, Jackson J.

• ISBN13: 9780131924697
• ISBN10: 0131924699
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Providing a clear, straightforward, and complete history-both thematic and chronological-of the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, author Jackson J. Spielvogel places the emergence of Hitler and the Third Reich within the social, economic, and political contexts that made it all possible. Topics examined are the cultural and social aspects of the Nazi regime, including sections on art and literature, family and population policy, and sex and morals. Also provided is an in-depth view of the Holocaust anti-Semitism in Germany, Hitler's personal racial ideology and vision of Aryan purity, the mechanisms of terror and control, and the Jewish perspective on these events. New to the Fifth Edition: Material on the political scene in Weimar Germany Hitler's early life The role of Gregor Strasser in rebuilding the Nazi Party Material on Darre and "Blood and Soil" The SS and the military between 1933 and 1939

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
CHAPTER ONE Introduction	1	(9)
Europe in the Nineteenth Century	1	(2)
The Impact of World War I	3	(1)
Imperial Germany	4	(4)
Suggestions for Further Reading	8	(2)
CHAPTER TWO Beginnings: Weimar Germany and the Rise of Hitler and Nazism	10	(31)
Weimar Germany	10	(10)
Hitler and the Emergence of the Nazi Party (1889-1920)	20	(7)
The Munich Politician and the Early Nazi Party (1920-1923)	27	(8)
First Attempt at Power	35	(3)
Suggestions for Further Reading	38	(3)
CHAPTER THREE The Growth and Victory of Nazism, 1924-1934	41	(41)
New Beginnings: The Rebuilding of the Nazi Party, 1924-1929	41	(11)
The Climb to Power, 1930-1933	52	(15)
The Consolidation of Power, 1933-1934	67	(13)
Suggestions for Further Reading	80	(2)
CHAPTER FOUR The Nazi State, 1933-1939	82	(40)
The Hitler State	83	(7)
Economic and Social Developments	90	(12)
Instrument of Terror: The SS Police State	102	(6)
Legal and Judicial Systems	108	(2)
The Churches	110	(4)
The Military	114	(1)
Public Opinion and Resistance in the Third Reich	115	(5)
Suggestions for Further Reading	120	(2)
CHAPTER FIVE The Dictator	122	(31)
Hitler's Personality	123	(6)
Hitler as Messianic Leader	129	(2)
Hitler the Orator	131	(2)
Psychological Interpretations of Hitler	133	(4)
Hitler as an Ideologist	137	(7)
Propaganda and Mass Meetings	144	(7)
Suggestions for Further Reading	151	(2)
CHAPTER SIX Culture and Society in Nazi Germany	153	(37)
Culture	153	(13)
The Manipulation of Youth	166	(5)
Education	171	(5)
Women	176	(5)
Family and Population Policy	181	(3)
Sex and Morals	184	(4)
Suggestions for Further Reading	188	(2)
CHAPTER SEVEN Hitler's War	190	(39)
Prelude to War	190	(19)
World War II	209	(18)
Suggestions for Further Reading	227	(2)
CHAPTER EIGHT Nazi Germany in Wartime	229	(36)
The New Order	229	(11)
The Home Front: Civil Life in Wartime Germany	240	(13)
Resistance in Wartime Germany	253	(10)
Suggestions for Further Reading	263	(2)
CHAPTER NINE The Holocaust	265	(35)
Hitler's Racial Ideology	265	(3)
Anti-Semitism in Germany	268	(1)
Anti-Semitic Policies, 1933-1939	269	(4)
The Final Solution	273	(9)
The Jewish View of the Holocaust	282	(12)
The Other Holocaust	294	(1)
Questions About the Holocaust	294	(3)
Suggestions for Further Reading	297	(3)
CHAPTER TEN Conclusions	300	(5)
The War Crimes Trials	300	(1)
The Significance of Nazism	301	(3)
Suggestions for Further Reading	304	(1)
Glossary	305	(2)
Index	307