The Third Reich in power, 1933-1939
In this book, historian Evans tells of Germany's radical reshaping under Nazi rule. Every area of life, from literature, culture, and the arts to religion, education, and science, was subordinated to the relentless drive to prepare Germany for war. Evans shows how the Nazis attempted to reorder every aspect of German society, encountering many kinds and degrees of resistance along the way but gradually winning the acceptance of the German people. Those who were seen as unfit, including Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill, "asocial" and "habitual" criminals, were dealt with in increasingly brutal terms. After six years of foreign policy brinkmanship that took the Nazi regime from success to success, Hitler's drive to prepare Germany for the war he saw as its destiny reached its fateful hour in September 1939.--From publisher description
War and conflict
xvii, 941 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781594200748, 9780713996494, 9780143037903, 9780141009766, 1594200742, 0713996498, 0143037900, 0141009764
61451667
1. The police state. 'Night of the long knives' ; Repression and resistance ; 'Enemies of the people' ; Instruments of terror
2. The mobilization of the spirit. Enlightening the people ; Writing for Germany ; Problems of perspective ; From discord to harmony
3. Converting the soul. Matters of faith ; Catholics and pagans ; Winning over the young ; 'Struggle against the intellect'
4. Prosperity and plunder. 'The battle for work' ; Business, politics and war ; Analyzing the economy ; Division of the spoils
5. Building the people's community. Blood and soil ; The fate of the middle classes ; The taming of the proletariat ; Social promise and social reality
6. Towards the racial utopia. In the spirit of science ; The Nuremberg laws ; 'The Jews must get out of Europe' ; The night of broken glass
7. The road to war. From weakness to strength ; Creating greater Germany ; The rape of Czechoslovakia ; March into the East