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The Nazi elite
- Title
- The Nazi elite / edited by Ronald Smelser and Rainer Zitelmann ; translated by Mary Fischer.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, 1993.
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- Description
- xiv, 259 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Leading scholars from Europe and the United States profile twenty-two prominent figures in the Nazi Party and the National Socialist (N.S.) regime.
- In so doing they address some critical issues concerning these leaders, including their social origins, their experiences in the First World War, how they came to join the Nazi Party, the role played by ideology in motivating them, their relationship with Hitler and with other N.S. leaders, and their historical importance for the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the N.S. regime.
- Written in a style accessible to the layperson, these profiles reflect the most recent research findings and contain up-to-date bibliographies. They also shed light on some interpretive controversies, including the question of the role of "modernization" during the "Third Reich" and Hitler's role as dictator. In most cases the authors have recently written a full-length biography of their subject or an important work in which the subject figures prominently.
- Often their profiles shatter common stereotypes and offer new perspectives.
- Uniform Title
- Braune Elite. English.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction / Ronald Smelser and Rainer Zitelmann -- 2. Martin Bormann: Hitler's Secretary / Jochen von Lang -- 3. Richard Walther Darre: The Blood and Soil Ideologue / Gustavo Corni -- 4. Gottfried Feder: The Failed Policy-maker / Albrecht Tyrell -- 5. Hans Frank: Party Jurist and Governor-General in Poland / Christoph Klessmann -- 6. Joseph Goebbels: The Propagandist / Elke Frohlich -- 7. Hermann Goering: Second Man in the Third Reich / Alfred Kube -- 8. Rudolf Hess: Deputy Fuhrer / Dietrich Orlow -- 9. Reinhard Heydrich: Security Technocrat / Guenther Deschner -- 10. Heinrich Himmler: Reichsfuhrer - SS / Josef Ackermann -- 11. Adolf Hitler: The Fuhrer / Rainer Zitelmann -- 12. Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Chief of the Supreme National Security Office / Peter Black -- 13. Robert Ley: The Brown Collectivist / Ronald Smelser -- 14. Otto Ohlendorf: Non-conformist, SS Leader and Economic Functionary / Hanno Sowade -- 15. Joachim von Ribbentrop: From Wine Merchant to Foreign Minister / Wolfgang Michalka.
- 16. Ernst Julius Rohm: Chief of Staff of the SA and Indispensible Outsider / Conan Fischer -- 17. Alfred Rosenberg: National Socialism's 'Chief Ideologue'? / Reinhard Bollmus -- 18. Fritz Sauckel: Plenipotentiary for the Mobilisation of Labour / Peter W. Becker -- 19. Baldur von Schirach: Student Leader, Hitler Youth Leader, Gauleiter in Vienna / Michael Wortmann -- 20. Albert Speer: Cultural and Economic Management / Jost Dulffer -- 21. Gregor Strasser: Nazi Party Organiser or Weimar Politician? / Udo Kissenkoetter -- 22. Otto Strasser: Nationalist Socialism versus National Socialism / Patrick Moreau -- 23. Fritz Todt: From Motorway Builder to Minister of State / Franz W. Seidler.
- ISBN
- 0814779506 :
- LCCN
- 92037036
- OCLC
- 26855427
- ocm26855427
- SCSB-14280972
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries