Mobilized Nation: Germany 1939–1945
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Mobilized Nation: Germany 1939–1945
19.99 €
After Hitler came to power in 1933, Nazi propaganda sought to mold German society into a unified entity devoted to the Führer. Citizen mobilization in both private and public life reached its peak in 1939 with the onset of World War II. Drawing on ego documents—diaries and letters—Nikolas Stargardt shows how citizens of the Third Reich lived during the war, what feelings they experienced during those six years, the difficulties they faced in their daily lives, and how they ultimately came to grips with the terrible truth of the Holocaust.
"When war broke out in September 1939, it was received in Germany with extreme dismay. However, no one particularly struggled to understand why it had begun. <…> The Germans were convinced that they were forced to fight in self-defense due to the machinations of the Allies and the aggressive encroachments of the Poles. <…> In our era, it seems rather strange that many Germans, who weren't exactly dyed-in-the-wool Nazis, sincerely believed such things back then. How could they confuse the brutal imperialist war deliberately fomented by their government with a war to defend their homeland? How could they see themselves as patriots surrounded by enemies, rather than fighters for the cause of Hitler and his master race? (Nicholas Stargardt)
"When war broke out in September 1939, it was received in Germany with extreme dismay. However, no one particularly struggled to understand why it had begun. <…> The Germans were convinced that they were forced to fight in self-defense due to the machinations of the Allies and the aggressive encroachments of the Poles. <…> In our era, it seems rather strange that many Germans, who weren't exactly dyed-in-the-wool Nazis, sincerely believed such things back then. How could they confuse the brutal imperialist war deliberately fomented by their government with a war to defend their homeland? How could they see themselves as patriots surrounded by enemies, rather than fighters for the cause of Hitler and his master race? (Nicholas Stargardt)
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