Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
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Part of the series Weimar and now : German cultural criticism 47;Weimar and now 47.
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- This book is a collection of documents, mostly translated from the German, that covers the entire Third Reich, from the beginnings of National Socialism in Munich in 1919, through the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, and ultimately the defeat of the Third Reich. It is wide-ranging, covering the core doctrine of anti-Semitism, education, German youth, women and marriage, science, health, the Church, literature, visual arts, music, the body, industry, sports, and the resistance — Provided by publisher.
- Part one. The beginnings of National Socialism — Part two. The National Socialist worldview — Part three. Antisemitism : the core doctrine — Part four. Nationalizing German youth — Part five. The racial community — Part six. The churches — Part seven. National Socialism and the arts — Part eight. Work, industry, modernity — Part nine. Body culture, sports, public amusements — Part ten. War, conquest, and the annihilation of the Jews — Part eleven. Resistance — Part 12. Defeat.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Munich years and the legacy of the war — Nazism in power: 1933 — The political religion: Führer cult, ceremonies, and symbol — Between myth and doctrine — Racial science — Germany’s colonial mission — Jews: the visible enemy — Eliminating the Jews: from the Nuremberg laws to Kristallnacht — Educating the race: children and adolescents — Higher education: science, history, and philosophy revised — Women and the woman question — Marriage and the family — Eliminating superfluous life : asocials, criminals, the handicapped, and the mentally ill — Healthy and unhealthy sexuality — The German soul and psyche — The national socialist state and Christianity — Literature: Official culture and its outcasts — The visual arts: German art vs. degenerate art — Music: the Wagner cult vs. degenerate music — Cinema: entertainment and propaganda — Politics and entertainment: theater, radio, and television — Jewish culture under Nazi persecution: the Jewish cultural league — Industry and labor: the four-year-plan, beauty of labor, and strength through joy — Modernizing Germany: the autobahn and Americanism — The 1936 Olympics and the world of sports — Amusmang : laughter in the Third Reich — The Holocaust begins: violence, deportation, and ghettoization, 1939-1942 — The annihilation of European Jewry, 1942-1945 — Total war: 1939-1945 — Communists, socialists, youth, and the conservative resistance — Hitler’s last will and testament.
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