Mobilized Nation. Germany 1939-1945
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Mobilized Nation. Germany 1939-1945
29.99 €
This book by an Oxford professor, one of the most respected scholars of Nazism, tells the story of World War II from the point of view of German citizens. It is based on private letters and diaries from the war. In chronological order, from 1939 to 1945, it describes how Germans perceived the outbreak of war, what their hopes and fears were, and how their thoughts and feelings changed in moments of victory and defeat, as well as after the defeat of Nazism. The author dwells in detail on how the citizens of the warring country perceived repression and cruelty in the conquered territories and in Germany itself, how they treated the conquered peoples, the Jews and the "final solution of the Jewish question", as well as on the complex relationship between the state and the church. Much space is devoted to the topic of massive Nazi propaganda. The details of everyday life in Germany at the front and in the rear are of great interest: shortages of food and industrial goods, the card system, bombing, evacuation, relations with foreign workers, and the problems of children and teenagers. Taking a very obvious anti-Nazi stance, Nicholas Stargardt deliberately avoids evaluations, seeking to give an impartial, documented description. "This is a book about a long war. Step by step in its pages we will trace the changes in German society and how almost invisibly but irreversibly individuals adapted to a war whose course, as they felt more and more every day, had ceased to be influenced in any way on their part. We will trace the shifting expectations, the wavering hopes and fears of the individuals who passed through the events that shaped them. The stories of these individuals give us an emotional measure of their experiences and serve as a moral barometer of a society on a path of self-destruction." (Nicholas Stargardt)
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