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Richard Bessel, a history professor at the University of York, specializes in the social and political history of Nazi Germany. In four compelling essays, he forcefully argues that racism made war inevitable. The Third Reich, led by “a band of political gangsters,” came to power with a deep ideological commitment to war and racism. As the driving force behind the economics, social policy, and propaganda of Germany, racial hatred was the catalyst...
5) Nuremberg
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
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Dramatization of the war crime trials of Nuremberg.
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Random House
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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A study of the political and social upheavals in Europe between 1914 and 1945 focuses on the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany and on the dictatorships of Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, revealing the similarities and differences among the three.
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Who really caused the Reichstag fire on the evening of 27 February 1933? Were the Nazis really to blame? The debate has been going on for over eighty years as to who started the Reichstag fire and, in turn, became the catalyst of the Nazi dictatorship. The Reichstag Fire hopes to shed light on this enduring discussion.
Using careful analysis of source material, award-winning journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff charts the outbreak of the fire, the...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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How the annual rallies in Nuremberg were organised and their importance in the rise of National Socialism in GermanyFull of then-and-now illustrations, this book is an up-to-date investigation into the notorious Nuremberg rallies and the part they played in the Nazi's quest to establish their vaunted 1,000 Year Third Reich. Between 1923 and 1938 the Nazis held 10 'Reich National Party Conventions in Nuremberg. Each rally was bigger than the last,...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive single volume handbook covers the Nazis rise to power in Germany, complete with photographs from Heinrich Hoffman, Hitler's personal photographer The rise of Hitler's Nazi Party is one of the defining aspects of the 20th century. The manner in which National Socialist ideologies took over life in Germany is difficult to comprehend more than 75 years later. This fully illustrated book is a single-volume encyclopedia on all aspects of...
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Independent Institute
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Based on newly discovered secret documents from German archives, diaries, and newspapers of the time, Gun Control in the Third Reich presents the definitive yet hidden history of how the Nazi dictatorship made use of gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate its power. The countless books on the Third Reich and the Holocaust fail even to mention the laws restricting firearms ownership, which rendered political opponents and Jews...
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"This "well-researched, clear [and] convincing" historical study examines the ideology and politics of Germanization during the WWII occupation of Poland (Nicholas Stargardt, author of The German War ). Following the brutal invasion and occupation of Poland, the Nazis moved swiftly to realize one of their key ideological aims: the expansion of German living space. This involved deporting Jews, bringing in German settlers, and establishing an evaluation...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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The only biography of a key member of Hitler's inner circle, described by his own son as "a slime-hole of a Hitler fanatic"The life of the Bavarian Hans Frank, one of the 10 war criminals hanged at Nuremburg in 1946, who converted to Catholicism before he died, has not received the full attention the world has given to other Nazi leaders. In many ways he warrants it more. His life symbolzses the hubristic and visionary ambition Germany had to an alarming...
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Yale University Press (Ignition)
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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" A dense and scholarly book about . . the relationship between the Nazi party and the occult . . reveals stranger-than-fiction truths on every page." -- Daily Telegraph The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler's personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology...
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Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Prelude to War: began as a training video for U.S. Troops compares the "free" world to the "slave" world--the dictatorships of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Used widely as a propaganda piece, the film endures as a study of how governments survive to justify wars to those who fight them.
The Nazi strike: Capra's documentary depicts Germany's diplomatic and military betrayals leading up to the 1939 invasion of Poland and the events that finally led France...
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