| Portion of title |
How Hitler captivated and corrupted the German people |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: From artist to dictator. Adolf Hitler's humble beginnings ; Vienna and the roots of Hitler's antisemitism ; The Great War ; The failure of democracy ; From soldier to Führer ; Hitler's swift rise to power ; Germany's economic recovery -- Part II: The overwhelming power of propaganda. Hitler and the arts ; Antisemitic propaganda ; The German "people's community" ; Racial hygiene for the master race ; Hitler : actor and orator ; Hitler in "his" mountains ; Mass events and the art of propaganda ; Third Reich cinema ; Volk Ohne Raum and other justifications for war ; One crown for two empires -- Part III: State of terror. Policing the Reich ; Persecution ; Extermination ; Resisting the Reich -- Part IV: Additional perspectives. Hitler's secret book ; Did occultism play a role in the Third Reich? ; Religion in the Reich ; The Third Reich : a new Rome? ; Women in the Reich ; The hidden face of Eva Braun -- Part V: Dealing with collective guilt. How Nazified were the Germans during the Third Reich? ; Neo-Nazis in Germany today? |
| Abstract |
"How many people know that Hitler was writing an opera when he lived in Vienna or how he developed his antisemitic outlook while living there? Who has ever heard about Hitler's "second book," in which he revealed his major foreign policy plans, a manuscript that remained secret? How many realize that Hitler's regime planned on replacing Christianity with its own "religion" and substituting Mein Kampf for the Bible? Why did Hitler name his regime the "Third" Reich, and why did he choose the swastika as its logo? Why did the fine arts enjoy such an honored status during the Reich? What were the lesser-known original purposes of the concentration camp system established in Germany just weeks after Hitler seized power? All these questions and many more are addressed by a WWII tour director of thirty-five years in Exposing the Reich. The book illuminates how the devastation and tragedy of the war and the concurrent genocide could happen, examining the lethal blend of inciting hatred, ongoing indoctrination, justification for drastic action and the complete control of all media" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Harper, David. Exposing the Reich Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 9781538180907 |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2023027320 |
| ISBN | 9781538180891 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1538180898 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
