Author:
Burleigh, Michael, 1955-
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Hill and Wang, 2000.
Description965 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction: 'An Extraordinary Rape of the Soul': National Socialism, Political Religions and Totalitarianism -- 1. The Weimar Republic and the National Socialist German Workers' Party, 1918-1933 -- 2. 'Miss Becker, Your Head Is at Stake, Your Head Is Wobbling': The Demise of the Rule of Law -- 3. Replacing the Bridge: New Times, New Man -- 4. Living in a Land with no Future: German Jews and Their Neighbours, 1933-1939 -- 5. 'Extinguishing the Ideas of Yesterday': Eugenics and 'Euthanasia' -- 6. 'The Dane is not a Pole, but Rather a Teuton': Occupation and Collaboration in Europe, 1939-1943 -- 7. A Blitzkrieg too Far? The German Invasion and Occupation of the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 -- 8. 'Iron Times, Iron Brooms': Racial War against the Jews.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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