Title: The social history of the Third Reich : 1933-1945 /
Authors: Ayçoberry, Pierre.
Publisher: New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton,
Year: 1999
Subjects: National characteristics, German.; Political culture Germany.; National socialism.; National socialism; Germany Politics and government; Germany Social conditions
Abstract: "This book presents the whole of the social spectrum in German society, from the elites to the middle class to the workers, in which the Nazi party was never a separate element but an inextricable part of the increasingly politicized social reality of Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Issues of anti-Semitism and race are of course paramount, but The Social History of the Third Reich pays close attention to the roles that economics and class also played in shaping the Germany of the Third Reich."--BOOK JACKET. "Aycoberry presents the stories of collaboration and complicity of German citizens as well as those of violence and repression."--Jacket.
Contents: pt. 1. The Invasion of Politics: 1933-1939. 1. Violence. Brute Violence: The SA. Systematic Terror: The SS. The Victims: The Discontented and Those Who Resisted. The Victims: "Those Alien to the Community" The Concentration Camps. 2. The Myth of the People's Community. A Community of the People, or of the Race? The Strategy of Communication. The Party: Was It a Prefiguration or a Caricature of the Community? How the Myth was Received by Public Opinion. 3. The Illusions, Collusions, and Disillusions of the Elites. Doubts of the Leading Social Groups. Getting Everyone to "Fall into Line," 1933-1934. "Continue to Function" At Least, 1934-1938. 4. The Conquest of the Masses. Were the Middle Classes Rewarded? A Disintegrating Working Class. The Conquest of Women and Young People. 5. Radicalization, 1938-1939. The Battle Against the Churches. Marching as to War -- pt. 2. Wartime Society: 1939-1945. 6. The Dissolution of Civil Society. Families Split Apart. Towns Reduced to Rubble: Resourcefulness and New Solidarities. The Mixing and Migrations of Rural Populations. Militarized Workers. 7. The Nazi Party and the Social Authorities. The High-Ranking Officials: Caught Between Impotence and Conspiracy. The Ambitions and the Discredit of the Party. The Major Business Bosses Move Toward Limitless Expansion. 8. Toward Utopia through Terror. The SS Empire. How to Live with Ten Million Excluded People. The Final Solution to "The Jewish Question" 9. The Front and the Rear. The Avenging Army, 1939-1940. The Crusading Army, 1941-1943. The Wehrmacht and War Crimes. The Military Plots and the Defeat. Morale at the Rear.