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Exposing the Reich
How Hitler Captivated and Corrupted the German People
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2023
Summary
As a WWII tour director for thirty-five years, David Harper has repeatedly heard the same questions from an extremely varied American and British audience: “Why did the Germans vote for Hitler? Did they know about the concentration camps? What did German soldiers and members of the SS feel about the extermination camps and the war crimes they were committing? How do today’s Germans view Hitler and the Third Reich? What is the country doing at present to address those dark pages of its history and to remember the victims of Hitler’s regime? Do the right-wing demonstrations in Germany portend a resurgence of Nazi ideology today?”
All these questions and many more are addressed in Exposing the Reich. The book seeks to promote an understanding of how the devastation and tragedy of the war and the concurrent genocide could happen. It studies the lethal blend of inciting hatred, ongoing indoctrination, justification for drastic action, and the complete control of all media.
How many people know, for instance, that Hitler was writing an opera when he lived in Vienna or how he developed his antisemitic outlook while living there? Few know about the early political and ideological influences on Hitler’s worldview, such as those instigated by his little-known mentor, Eckart. 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? Who realizes that, just prior to Hitler seizing power, the Jewish population in Germany was a mere 0.7%?
These, and countless more insights regarding the Third Reich, are revealed in Exposing the Reich. From young students to well-informed history buffs, readers will gain a wealth of new insights into Hitler and his regime of terror.
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2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-8089-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-8090-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
396
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Adolf Hitler’s Humble Beginnings No access
Vienna and the Roots of Hitler’s Antisemitism No access
The Great War No access
The Failure of Democracy No access
From Soldier to Führer No access
Hitler’s Swift Rise to Power No access
Germany’s Economic Recovery No access
Hitler and the Arts No access
Antisemitic Propaganda No access
The German “People’s Community” No access
Racial Hygiene for the Master Race No access
Hitler: Actor and Orator No access
Hitler in “His” Mountains No access
Mass Events and the Art of Propaganda No access
Third Reich Cinema No access
Volk ohne Raum and Other Justifications for War No access
One Crown for Two Empires No access
Policing the Reich No access
Persecution No access
Extermination No access
Resisting the Reich No access
Hitler’s Secret Book No access
Did Occultism Play a Role in the Third Reich? No access
Religion in the Reich No access
The Third Reich: A New Rome? No access
Women in the Reich No access
The Hidden Face of Eva Braun No access
How Nazified Were the Germans during the Third Reich? No access
