Construction of a National Socialist Europe During the Second World War
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781138607736
Subjects: National socialism; World war, 1939-1945, social aspects; World war, 1939-1945, economic aspects; Germany, relations; Europe, relations, foreign countries
Description: "Throughout World War II, the term 'Europe' featured prominently in National Socialist rhetoric. This book reconstructs what Europe stood for in National Socialist Germany, analyses how the interplay of its defining elements changed dependent on the war, and shows that the new European order was neither an empty phrase borne out of propaganda, nor was it anti-European. Tying in with long-standing traditions of German European, vo lkisch, and economic thinking, imaginations of a New Order became a central category in contemporary political and economic decision-making processes, justifying cooperation as well as exploitation, violence, and murder"--