GERMAN HISTORY 1933 - 45 Hardback Book with Dust Jacket An Assessment by German Historians: Hermann Mau and Helmut Krausnick Translated by Andrew and Eva Wilson Over 155 pages Copyright © 1963 by Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited " From the twilight of the Weimar Republic to the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 - here is an outstanding survey of a fateful period in recent history, as two historians present a German answer to the many questions raised by the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. " " Concisely and readably the book explores the psychology of the period. How did Hitler succeed in winning the hearts and votes of forty million Germans in 1933? What happened to the very elements - the Social Democrats, the Communists, the unions - that should have offered effective resistance to Nazism? How did the state set out on the path that led to its carefully camouflaged program of Jewish extermination? " " From the bloody events of June 30, 1934 through the pre-war diplomatic successes and the early victories of the war, as National Socialism tightened its grip on every branch of national life, this sober account of incredible years offers new understanding of the interplay of forces in the Germany of the time. " " The last part of the book unveils the scattered and amorphous character of the German "Resistance" in a highly organized totalitarian state and assesses the conflicts and scruples that strengthened and inhibited that resistance. " Contents include: " INTRODUCTION THE SEIZURE OF POWER, 1933 The End of the Interregnum The "National Awakening" The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Bill THE NAZI REVOLUTION, 1933-4 The End of the Parties "Co-ordination" Nazism and the German People The "Second Revolution" The Consequences of June 30th ON THE ROAD TO THE "GREATER GERMAN REICH", 1933-8 The Beginnings of a Nazi Foreign Policy The Years of Preparation The Anschluss and its Origins THE PROLOGUE TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1938-9 The End of Czechoslovakia Europe and the Polish Question THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-45 The Victorious Campaigns (1939-41) The Enemy Hits Back Persecution The German Resistance The Collapse Index of Names " This book is in pretty good condition for its age with moderate wear to the cover. The dust jacket has some wear and tear along the edges and some stains/aging marks on the inside. The pages are yellowed due to aging, mostly along the edges. No torn or ripped pages. There is a slash line drawn through the page numbers on every page, as well as a few other stray markings on a few other pages. |