Hitler's millennial Reich
Subtitle: apocalyptic belief and the search for salvation
By: David Redles
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Public opinion; Millennialism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; National socialism -- Public opinion; Germany -- Civilization -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-254) and index
Table of contents: title: Nazism, myth, and meaning; title: A world turned upside down: Weimar chaos and the culture of apocalypse; title: The turning point: Racial apocalypse or racial salvation; title: Seeing the light: The Nazi conversion experience; title: Hitler as Messiah; title: The Messiah legitimated: Linking the leader and the led; title: Final empire, final war, final solution; title: The Hitler gospels and old guard testimonials: Reconstructing a mythical world