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Hitler and the Vatican
Publisher Description
What Remains
A study of the archival turn in contemporary German memory culture, drawing on recent memorials, documentaries, and prose narratives that engage with the material legacy of National Socialism and the Holocaust.
Historians and Archivists
The essays in this volume, which are based primarily on the captured German documents in the National Archives, deal with several of the major topics in recent German and European history: German intelligence operations in the United States during the first World War; the controversies over Ernst V. Weizsaecker and Kurt Waldheim; German occupation policies and the German resistance to Hitler; Allied attempts to re-educate the Germans at the end of the second World War, and German plans for a post-War German government. These essays also illustrate the benefits of a close-working relationship between historians and archivists and demonstrate how great an influence archivists can have on the work of historians. As Don Wilson points out in the preface to this volume, "Books about archives, archivists, and the role they play in the writing of history are rare indeed...." This is such a book and its value and significance lie in its ability to acquaint the reader with some of the problems archivists and historians are facing at the present time; this understanding should lead, in turn, to a better appreciation of the writing of history and the administration of archives.
Writing the Digital History of Nazi Germany
How do scholarship and practices of remembrance regarding Nazi Germany benefit from digital tools and approaches? What challenges arise from "doing history digitally" in this field – and how should they best be dealt with? The eight chapters of this book explore these and related questions. They discuss the digital initiatives of various archives and source databases, highlight findings of research undertaken with digital tools, and examine how such tools can be used to present history in education, exhibitions and memorials. All contributions focus on recent or, in some cases, ongoing digital projects related to the history of National Socialism, World War II, and the Holocaust.
Returned from Russia
An updated version of a book originally published in 2006 which details the fate of Europe's captured archives which were taken first by the Nazis and then by the Red Army. Some of these archives are now returning to their origins and this book reveals the story of the dramatic fate of those records in Nazi and Soviet hands, and the post-1991 battle within Russia over their restitution.
Austrian Historical Memory and National Identity
When the Hapsburg monarchy disintegrated after World War I, Austria was not considered to be a viable entity. In a vacuum of national identity the hapless country drifted toward a larger Germany. After World War II, Austrian elites constructed a new identity based on being a "victim" of Nazi Germany. Cold war Austria, however, envisioned herself as a neutral "island of the blessed" between and separate from both superpower blocs. Now, with her membership in the European Union secured, Austria is reconstructing her painful historical memory and national identity. In 1996 she celebrates her 1000-year anniversary. In this volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies, Franz Mathis and Brigitte Mazohl...
A Concise History of Nazi Germany
This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany. Combining compelling narrative storytelling with analysis, Joseph W. Bendersky offers an authoritative survey of the major political, economic, and social factors that powered the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Now in its fifth edition, the book incorporates significant research of recent years, analysis of the politics of memory, postwar German controversies about World War II and the Nazi era, and more on non-Jewish victims. Delving into the complexity of social life within the Nazi state, it also reemphasizes the crucial role played by racial ideology in determining the policies and practices of the Third Reich. Bendersky paints a fascinating picture of how average citizens negotiated their way through both the threatening power behind certain Nazi policies and the strong enticements to acquiesce or collaborate. His classic treatment provides an invaluable overview of a subject that retains its historical significance and contemporary importance.
Visions of Community in Nazi Germany
When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Fuumlhrer, Adolf Hitler. The concept of Volksgemeinschaft - 'the people's community' - enshrined the Nazis' vision of society'; a society based on racist, social-Darwinist, anti-democratic, and nationalist thought. The regime used Volksgemeinschaft to define who belonged to the National Socialist 'community' and who did not. Being accorded the status of belonging granted citizenship rights, access to the benefits of the welfare state, and opportunities for advancement, while these who were denied the privilege of belonging lost their right to live. They were shamed, ex...
