The Impact of Nazism

The consequences of Germany's twelve-year Nazi regime continue to reverberate and to spark debate among scholars and the general public. In this volume leading scholars present provocative essays probing the nature, history, and aftermath of the Nazi regime, including its connections to the Federal Republic of Germany after the war. The essays address the nature of Nazism as reflected in contemporary perceptions of Nazi Germany in the United States; the origins and character of fascism; the many forms of anti-semitism; German scholars' efforts to promote persecution in the Third Reich; the role of ethnic Germans in the anti-Jewish and anti-Slavic policies of the Reich; the actions of German police in the occupation of eastern Europe and in the Holocaust; Hitler's style of leadership; the nazification of the German military high command; and the politics surrounding the memory of Nazism and the Holocaust after 1945. "The Impact of Nazism" employs diverse approaches, exploits a variety of new and long-available sources, and asks new questions, making clear the profound connections between the Nazis and the world that survived them. Alan E. Steinweis is an associate professor of history and Judaic studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of "Art, Ideology, and "Economics in Nazi Germany: The Reich Chambers of Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts". Daniel E. Rogers is an associate professor of history at the University of South Alabama. He is the author of Politics after Hitler: The Western Allies and the German Party System.

ISBN 0803242999   Pages 352 ISBN13 9780803242999 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher University of Nebraska Press   Weight (grammes) 553 Imprint University of Nebraska Press   Published in Lincoln Format Hardback   Height (mm) 240 Publication date 31 May 2003   Width (mm) 160 Library of Congress DD256.5 \.   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY 943.087   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgments
		Nazi Germany: New Questions, New Perspectives by Daniel E. Rogers and Alan E. Steinweis
1		American Interpretations of National Socialism, 1933-1945 by Michaela Honicke Moore		1
2		The American South and Nazi Racism by Johnpeter Horst Grill		19
3		Relations between the Nazis and French and Dutch Fascists, January 1933-August 1934 by Dietrich Orlow		39
4		Antisemitic Scholarship in the Third Reich and the Case of Peter-Heinz Seraphim by Alan E. Steinweis		68
5		A Reassessment of Volksdeutsche and Jews in the Volhynia-Galicia-Narew Resettlement by Valdis O. Lumans		81
6		The Volksdeutsche of Eastern Europe and the Collapse of the Nazi Empire, 1944-1945 by Doris L. Bergen		101
7		Shaping the Police Soldier as an Instrument for Annihilation by Edward B. Westermann		129
8		A Comparison of the High Commands of Germany, Great Britain, and the United States during World War II by Alan F. Wilt		151
9		The SS, NSDAP, and the Question of Volkssturm Expansion by David K. Yelton		167
10		The Appointment of Admiral Karl Donitz as Hitler's Successor by David Grier		182
11		Justice and Politics in Karl Donitz's Release from Spandau by Norman J. W. Goda		199
12		America as Model? U.S. Antitrust Policy and Ludwig Erhard's Struggle Against Cartels in West Germany by Alfred C. Mierzejewski		213
13		The Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Political Legacy of the Holocaust by Daniel E. Rogers		231
		Contributors		249
		Index		251

"The Impact of Nazism is an important book for a number of reasons, no the least of which is the high level of scholarship. . . . There is no doubt that the essays highlighted here add new insight into persistent and vexing questions about the place of the Third Reich in German history, the nature and functioning of the Nazi state, and the development and impact of population, racial, and foreign policy. . . . There is an essay here for virtually everyone." -- Hilary Earl "H-Net Book Reviews H-German" (10/19/2006)

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