Jay Warren Baird

To Die for Germany

Heroes in the Nazi Pantheon

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Produktbeschreibung

"In this chilling study of Nazi heroic mythology, Baird sheds abright light on the dark, death-enthralled underpinnings of the German political andcultural psyche during the years 1918--45." --Booklist "Baird blends first-rate historical reconstructionwith expert cultural analysis." -- American HistoricalReview "Baird's fascinating account of Nazi heroism providesreal understanding of the Nazi employment of aesthetics as politics and will bewelcomed by students of twentieth-century German and European culture." -- TheHistorian

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780253207579
• ISBN-10: 0253207576
• Artikelnr.: 22006669

Autorenporträt

Jay Warren Baird

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The Myth of Langemarck
II. The Maryrdom of Albert Leo Schlageter
III. Sacrifice at the Feldherrnhalle: The Nazi Immortals of 9 November 1923
IV. Goebbels, Horst Wessel, and the Myth of Resurrection and Return
V. The Death and Transfiguration of Hitler Youth Herbert Norkus
VI. Gerhard Schumann: Elitist Poet of the Volk Community
VII. Hans Baumann: Troubadour of the Hitler Youth
VIII. Karl Ritter and the Heroic Nazi Cinema
IX. Hitler, Heroes, and Heldentod: The Myth of Death in World War II
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index