Royals and the Reich
Subtitle: the princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany
By: by Jonathan Petropoulos.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
Subjects: Hessen, Philipp von, b. 1896; Hessen, Christoph von, 1901-1943; Princes -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Biography; National socialism -- Social aspects; Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The interconnectedness of the nobility: strategies to preserve privilege through the Great War; title: The Princes Von Hessen during the Weimar Republic: tribulations, the high life, and Fascist flirtations; title: Nazi high society: making Hitler "Salonfähig" and helping the Nazis to power; title: A place in the Reich: princely careers in the Nazi state; title: Roles in an increasingly radical regime; title: Miscalculation and misfortune; title: Postwar justice: denazification and (partial) dispossession; title: Rebuilding a life: Schloss Fasanerie, financial viability, and burdens of the past; title: Understanding German princes in the twentieth century.