Hitlers Weg an die Macht ist oft beschrieben worden. Kaum beachtet wurde jedoch bisher, dass er sich dabei in starkem Maße an Mussolini orientierte. Der faschistische Diktator war sein großes Vorbild. Auf ihn ließ er auch nichts kommen, als er selbst die Macht erlangt hatte und …
Forfatterens provokerende teori: Holocaust blev muliggjort, fordi ganske almindelige tyske borgere deltog, ikke af tvang, men af lyst
Dieses Buch präsentiert und analysiert literarische Träume der Shoah aus einer wissenspoetischen Perspektive. Ob in unmittelbarer Nähe zu den Konzentrationslagern oder aus der Distanz heraus entstanden; ob von Überlebenden selbst oder von den Nachgeborenen verfasst: Indem Christ…
This study proposes a framework through which to examine queer resistance and oppositional behaviors under oppression and persecution, such as the Nazi regime. Under the Weimar Republic, queer circles coalesced into communities that developed a degree of visibility in the German…
Over forty-five films made in Nazi Germany foregrounded classical music, despite the reluctance of film composers to quote the classics and worries on the part of the musicological establishment that cinema could only “trivialize” the “great masters.” But rather than flaunting t…
While most scholars focus on analyzing the content of photographs taken under Nazi rule, this dissertation examines photographic practices as social acts aimed at building the Nazi racial community (Volksgemeinschaft). Nazi officials envisioned photography as both an action and …
German Christianity is a distortion. You are either a German or you are Christian. ~ Adolph Hitler In the last decade, scores of religious scholars have dissected the concept of the Third Reich as a religion. Their theories depict a vast range of extremes from National Socialism…
This piece of research analyses the experience of exiled writers during the Third Reich against a historical and literary backdrop. It specifically concentrates on the political and personal circumstances of some authors in German-speaking countries who took refuge in France. Fo…
This volume presents a comprehensive, multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership and of the attitudes and behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide.