The internationally distinguished contributors to this landmark volume represent a variety of approaches to the Nazi and Stalinist regimes. These far-reaching essays provide the raw materials towards a comparative analysis and offer the means to deepen and extend research in the…
Based on a conference held in Philadelphia in September 1991. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Flakhelfer – das waren Jugendliche vor allem der Jahrgänge 1926 bis 1928, die in den letzten Jahren des Zweiten Weltkriegs noch eingezogen wurden, um die Niederlage NS-Deutschlands weiter hinauszuzögern. Manch ein führender Kopf der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der dieser Generat…
Introduction : violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two w…
Dissonant Lives is not a standard 'history of Germany' in the twentieth century, or even of the German dictatorships. It is concerned with the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dicta…
Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.
Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.