Nazism, War And Genocide
New perspectives on the history of the Third Reich

Edited by Neil Gregor

Subjects: History, Modern European History

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Author Biography

Contributions by Jane Caplan, Norbert Frei, Dick Geary, Robert Gellately, Neil Gregor, Ian Kershaw, Mark Roseman, Jill Stephenson and Nikolaus Wachsmann.

Introduction to the paperback edition, vii; List of common German abbreviations used in the text, xv; 1 Neil Gregor Nazism-A Political Religion? Rethinking the Voluntarist Turn, 1; 2 Jane Caplan Political Detention and the Origin of the Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany, 1933-1935/6, 22; 3 Dick Geary Working-Class Identities in the Third Reich, 42; 4 Robert Gellately Social Outsiders and the Consolidation of Hitler's Dictatorship, 1933-1939, 56; 5 Nikolaus Wachsmann 'Soldiers of the Home Front': Jurists and Legal Terror during the Second World War, 75; 6 Jill Stephenson Germans, Slavs and the Burden of Work in Rural Southern Germany during the Second World War, 94; 7 Ian Kershaw Did Hitler Miss his Chance in 1940?, 110. 8 Mark Roseman Shoot First and Ask Questions Afterwards? Wannsee and the Unfolding of the Final Solution, 131; 9 Norbert Frei Auschwitz and the Germans: History, Knowledge and Memory, 147; Notes, 167; List of Contributors, 213; Suggestions for further reading, 215; Index, 219.

"Nazism, War and Genocide will be essential reading for students of the period." Richard Evans in BBC History

"Taken together, the essays presented in this collection do a splendid job of summarising and criticising the state of our knowledge of the field they cover. All are further characterised by a very accessible style and great readability... this book is an ideal way for undergraduates, graduate students, lay people or specialists in other fields to quickly learn the essentials of our current knowledge of some of the central issues surrounding the history of the Third Reich." Bruce B. Campbell, H-German

Neil Gregor is Reader in Modern German History at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich (1998) (winner of the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History; shortlisted for the Longman/History Today Book of the Year); and Nazism A Reader (2000).

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