Backing hitler is based on the first systematic analysis by a historian of surviving german newspaper and magazine archives since 1933, the year hitler became. The emphasis placed by robert gellately, mallmann and paul on the importance of voluntary denunciations in the third reich suggests that nazi germany was a selfpolicing society, namely a society where the smooth functioning of the police was guaranteed by its close collaboration with the civilian population, in particular thanks to the. This intriguing book is an absolute mustread for anyone with an interest in nazi germany, soviet history or even european history and the world wars in general. Still, backing hitler makes clear that millions of ordinary german citizens were relatively well informed, willing, and frequently active participants in the horrors that were perpetrated on the third reichs very own soil. Hitler won growing support even as he established the secret police gestapo and concentration camps. But there is much to learn by examining the details and coming to understand the dynamics of its operation and development. Consent and coercion in nazi germany, robert gellately, oxford paperbacks. Gellately strassler professor in holocaust history, clark univ. Robert gellately argues that there was a threeway interaction between the police, the german people, and the implementation of policy. Books on the holocaust and nazism now number in the tens of thousands.
For the retail trades, see robert gellately, the politics of. Those who still want to argue that ordinary german citizens more often suffered coercion than offered consent will have. Backing hitler was chosen as a main selection for book clubs in north america and the united kingdom. Consent and coercion in nazi germany new ed by robert. By the end of the war hitler was still getting 1,000 private letters a week, many of them denunciations.
The nazis never won a majority in free elections, but soon after hitler took power most people turned away from democracy and backed the nazi regime. Review of daniel goldhagens hitlers willing executioners. Backing hitler robert gellately oxford university press. Consent and coercion in nazi germany by robert gellately is a interesting and thought provoking study of what the german people knew and when they know it. Debate still rages over how much ordinary germans knew about the concentration camps and the gestapos activities during hitler s reign.
Over 25,000 books were burned in germany on may 10, 1933. Of that vast library, a handful of texts should be deemed essential reading for any serious student of the bloody and pathetic 20th century. In backing hitler, robert gellately shows us what a true police state looks like. Backing hitler by robert gellately and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The use of forced labour and slavery in nazi germany and throughout germanoccupied europe during world war ii took place on an unprecedented scale. Both of them approach society primarily through the use of case records, and this has some limiting effects. Consent and coercion in nazi germany new ed by gellately, robert isbn. Robert gellatelys most recent work, backing hitler, like his previous book the gestapo and german society 1990, emphasizes the active contributions of germans, who legitimated the nazi regimes network of repression. Ullrich sets out to strip away the mythology that hitler created around himself in mein kampf, and he also tries to look at this mysterious. Before the nazis took over, the weimar republic played host to all kinds of innovative art that pervaded the culture, right down to the designs. Consent and coercion in nazi germany, the gestapo and german society.
Hitler burned books to remove the jewish influence from german culture during world war ii. The central thesis of robert gellatelys work lenin, stalin, and hitler. Even joseph goebbels spoke of enemy propaganda in a june 1942. Based on meticulous research, daniel siemens stormtroopers is not only the most comprehensive but also the best history of hitlers brownshirts available in any language. Johnson on gellately, backing hitler the secret police apparatus to help settle personal disagreements or occasionally passed along tidbits of information to the police or the party because they believed it to be their civilian duty. A bibliography published in 2000 listed 5,800 books published between 1990 and 2000. To ask other readers questions about backing hitler, please sign up. Consent and coercion in nazi germany gellately, robert on.
Nazi crimes against the polish nation project gutenberg. Robert gellately stalins curse battling for communism in. Hitler, gellately reveals, did not try to hide the existence of the gestapo or of concentration camps. Ordinary germans and the holocaust, convicted of the wrong crime john j. Consent and coercion in nazi germany, 19331945, gellately argues that the gestapo were not in fact allpervasive and intrusive as they have been described. The nazi germans abducted approximately 12 million. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in germanoccupied europe. Consent and coercion in nazi germany robert gellately on. Wilhelm furtwangler and the third reich quartet books, london, 1992, in the times literary supplement, november. Backing hitler paperback robert gellately oxford university press. Nor did the nazis try to cow the people into submission.
Consent and coercion in nazi germany, 19331945 oxford university press, 2001. According to johnson, the nazis and the german population concluded a faustian deal of sorts the population turned a blind eye to the gestapos abuse of the persecuted minorities and remained silent when reports about murders appeared. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Robert gellatelys well researched exploration of lenin, stalin and hitler and the social catastrophe brought about in the first half of the twentieth century is exceptional. For one thing, neither historian grasps the full import of. Stormtroopers daniel siemens bok 9780300196818 bokus. The age of social catastrophe, is that the advent of lenin and the bolshevik party to power in russia in 1917 directly led to the nightmare societies of germany and the soviet union in. During this book burning, several irreplaceable books were destroyed, including many written by sigmund freud, albert einstein and other scholars. The nazi persecution of freemasons presented a conundrum. Backing hitler is based on the first systematic analysis by a historian of surviving german newspaper and magazine archives since 1933, the year hitler became chancellor.
Overlong history of europe between 1914 and 1945, the age of totalitarian empires and what gellately historyflorida state univ. In these essays informed by the latest research, leading scholars offer rich histories of the people branded as social outsiders in nazi germany. Tradition and enlightenment colombia university press, new york, 1996 michael berkowitz, western jewry and the zionist project, 19141933 cambridge university press, 1996, william brustein, the logic of evil. The naziera and adolf hitlers devastating rule are among the most extensively researched themes in german historiography. Prof gellately will talk about his research at the wiener library, london w1 at 6. What has been in dispute for over fifty years is what the germans knew about these camps, and in what ways were. Consent and coercion in nazi germany, backing hitler. It was a vital part of the german economic exploitation of conquered territories. Consent and coercion in nazi germany by gellately, robert new edition 2002. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Had gellately studied a broader range of gestapo cases, especially those that involved. She may have been the first german, and certainly the first german woman, who tried to face her past with honesty. Battling for communism in war and cold war, backing hitler. Consent and coercion in nazi germany an excellent contribution to the vast literature on nazi germany.
John ezard, the guardian original and outstanding, genuinely important. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Shopkeepers and german politics, and lenin, stalin and hitler. A chilling, skillfully delineated account based on newly released russian documentation that reveals stalins true motivesand the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the soviet empireduring the years in which he seemingly collaborated with roosevelt, churchill, and the capitalist west. Far from uniformly terrorizing its population with an allpowerful and arbitrary police, the third reich selectively targeted enemies for. The police state as it emerged in nazi germany starting in 1933 was very extreme, as is widely known. Japanese avantgarde propaganda in manchukuo, 19321945. Debate still rages over how much ordinary germans knew about the concentration camps and the gestapos activities during hitlers reign. Solzhenitsyn would approve, and so would the authors of the black book of communism, none of whom would find gellately s thesis. Gellately does a fine job delving through the historical achieves, especially old newspapers, to give the reader an insight into what information was available to the german. Nazi crimes against the polish nation claimed the lives of 2. They quickly took steps against those whom they wanted to isolate, deport, or destroy.
Buy backing hitler by robert gellately from waterstones today. No other book at that time said, unequivocally, i was a nazi, and heres. Consent and coercion in nazi germany by gellately, robert new edition 2002 on. Robert gellately is earl ray beck professor of history at florida state university. Solzhenitsyn would approve, and so would the authors of the black book of communism, none of whom would find. But this is one lesson the nazis teach us and, thanks to robert gellatelys fine. The nazis never won a majority in free elections, but soon after hitler took power most germans turned away from democracy and backed the nazi regime.
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