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The "Hitler myth" : image and reality in the Third Reich / Ian Kershaw.

Title
The "Hitler myth" : image and reality in the Third Reich / Ian Kershaw.
Author
Kershaw, Ian
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987

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Description
xii, 299 p.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
  • 1900-1999
  • Propaganda, German > History > 20th century
  • Public opinion > Germany
  • Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Books.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the German.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Part One: The Making of the 'Hitler Myth', 1920-1940: 1. 'Fuhrer of the Coming Germany": The Hitler Image in the Weimar Era -- 2. 'Symbol of the Nation': The Propaganda Profile of Hitler, 1933-1936 -- 3. 'Fuhrer without Sin': Hitler and the 'Little Hitlers' -- 'The Fuhrer restores Order': The Night of the Long Knives', 30 June 1934 -- The 'Little Hitlers': The Image of the Local Party Bosses -- 4. The Fuhrer versus the Radicals: Hitler's Image and the 'Church Struggle' -- 5. Hitler the Statesman: War and Peace in the Balance -- 'Triumph without Blodshed' -- Tension -- War -- Part Two: The Breaking of the 'Hitler Myth', 1940-1945: 6. Blitzkrieg Triumph: High Peak of Popularity, 1940-1941 -- 7. The War turns Sour: The 'Hitler Myth' starts to crumble -- 8. Defeat and Disaster: The 'Hitler Myth' collapses -- Part Three: The 'Hitler Myth' and the Path to Genocide: 9. Hitler's Popular Image and the'Jewish Question'.
ISBN
0192802062
OCLC
  • 47063365
  • SCSB-11559774
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library