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Hitler and Nazi Germany HitlerandNaziGermany:AHistoryisabriefbutcomprehensivesurvey of the Third Reich based on current research findings that provides a balanced approach to the study of Hitler’s role in the history of the Third Reich. Thebookconsiders theeconomic, social,and politicalforces thatmade possibletheriseanddevelopmentofNazism;theinstitutional,cultural,and sociallifeoftheThirdReich;WorldWarII;andtheHolocaust.WorldWar II and the Holocaust are presented as logical outcomes of the ideology of HitlerandtheNazimovement.Thisneweditioncontainsmoreinformation on the Kaiserreich (Imperial Germany), as well as Nazi complicity in the Reichstag Fire and increased discussion of consent and dissent during the Nazi attempttocreate the ideal Volksgemeinschaft (people’s community). It takes a greater focus on the experiences of ordinary bystanders, perpe- trators, and victims throughout the text, includes more discussion of race andspace,andthefinalchapterhasbeencompletelyrevised.Fullyupdated, thebookensuresthatstudentsgainacompleteandthoroughpictureofthe periodandissues. Supportedbymaps,images,andthoroughlyupdatedbibliographiesthat offerfurtherreadingsuggestionsforstudentstotaketheirstudyfurther,the bookofferstheperfectoverviewofHitlerandtheThirdReich. Jackson J. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at the PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA.HeistheauthorofWesternCivilization (10th edition, 2018). He is the coauthor (with William Duiker) of World History (9th edition, 2017) and The Essential World History (9th edition, 2020). David Redles received his PhD in History from the Pennsylvania State University and is Professor of History at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland,Ohio,USA.HeisauthorofHitler’sMillennialReich:Apocalyptic BeliefandtheSearchforSalvation(hardcover:2005,paperback:2008). Hitler and Nazi Germany A History Eighth Edition Jackson J. Spielvogel and David Redles Eightheditionpublished2020 byRoutledge 52VanderbiltAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 andbyRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2020Taylor&Francis TherightofJacksonJ.SpielvogelandDavidRedlestobeidentifiedas authorsofthisworkhasbeenassertedbytheminaccordancewith sections77and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedor reproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,or othermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopying andrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem, withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationand explanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. FirsteditionpublishedbyPrenticeHall1988 SeventheditionpublishedbyPearsonEducationLtd.2014 SeventheditionreprintedbyRoutledge2016 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Spielvogel,JacksonJ.,1939-author.|Redles,David,author. Title:HitlerandNaziGermany:ahistory/JacksonJ.Spielvogel,and DavidRedles. Description:Eighthedition.|NewYork,NY:Routledge,2020.| Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2020000034(print)|LCCN2020000035(ebook)| ISBN9781138541344(hardback)|ISBN9781138544437(paperback)| ISBN9781351003742(ebook) Subjects:LCSH:Hitler,Adolf,1889–1945.|Nationalsocialism.| Germany–Politicsandgovernment–1933–1945.|Headsofstate– Germany–Biography. Classification:LCCDD247.H5S6482020(print)|LCCDD247.H5 (ebook)|DDC943.086092[B]–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020000034 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020000035 ISBN:978-1-138-54134-4(hbk) ISBN:978-1-138-54443-7(pbk) ISBN:978-1-351-00374-2(ebk) TypesetinSabon bySwales&Willis,Exeter,Devon,UK Visitthecompanionwebsite: www.routledge.com/cw/spielvogel To Diane, the love of my life, and to my mother, a beautiful woman who taught me much about her native Germany Contents Listoffigures x ListofMaps xi PrefacetotheFirstEdition xii PrefacetotheEighthEdition xiii NewtoThisEdition xiv Acknowledgments xv AbouttheAuthors xvii 1 Introduction 1 EuropeintheNineteenthCentury 1 ImperialGermany:TheKaiserreich 4 TheImpactofWorldWarI 11 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 13 ResearchandExplore 18 Notes 19 2 Beginnings:WeimarGermanyandtheRiseofHitlerand Nazism 20 WeimarGermany 20 HitlerandtheEmergenceoftheNaziParty(1889–1920) 39 TheMunichPoliticianandtheEarlyNaziParty(1920–1923) 49 FirstAttemptatPower 57 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 60 ResearchandExplore 66 Notes 67 3 TheGrowthandVictoryofNazism,1924–1934 69 NewBeginnings:TheRebuildingofthe NaziParty,1924–1929 69 TheClimbtoPower,1930–1933 81 TheConsolidationofPower,1933–1934 95 viii Contents SuggestionsforFurtherReading 110 ResearchandExplore 112 Notes 113 4 TheNaziState,1933–1939 114 TheHitlerState 115 EconomicandSocialDevelopments 122 Anti-JewishPolicies,1933–1939 136 InstrumentofTerror:TheSSPoliceState 144 LegalandJudicialSystems 152 TheChurches 153 TheMilitary 158 PublicOpinionintheThirdReich 160 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 163 ResearchandExplore 169 Notes 170 5 TheDictator 171 Hitler’sPersonality 171 HitlerasMessianicLeader 176 HitlertheOrator 178 HitlerasanIdeologist 181 PropagandaandMassMeetings 189 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 197 ResearchandExplore 200 Notes 201 6 CultureandSocietyinNaziGermany 203 Culture 203 TheManipulationofYouth 218 Education 223 WomenintheThirdReich 227 FamilyandPopulationPolicy 233 SexandMorals 236 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 241 ResearchandExplore 247 Notes 247 7 Hitler’sWar 249 PreludetoWar 249 WorldWarII 269 Contents ix SuggestionsforFurtherReading 289 ResearchandExplore 294 Notes 295 8 NaziGermanyinWartime 297 TheNewOrder 297 TheHomeFront:CivilLifeinWartimeGermany 308 ResistanceinWartimeGermany 323 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 333 ResearchandExplore 339 Notes 339 9 TheHolocaust 341 Hitler’sRacialIdeology 341 TheFinalSolution 343 TheOtherHolocaust 366 QuestionsAbouttheHolocaust 369 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 372 ResearchandExplore 384 Notes 384 10 Conclusions 387 SeekingJustice:WarCrimesTrialsandRestitution 388 OccupiedGermany:DenazificationandtheRefugeeCrisis 392 TheSignificanceofNazism:DocumentingandRemembering 395 SuggestionsforFurtherReading 399 ResearchandExplore 405 Notes 405 Glossary 406 Index 408
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