Hitler's Volksgemeinschaft and the Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Violence Against Jews in Provincial Germany, 1919-1939

by Michael Wildt

Die »Volksgemeinschaft« hatte seit dem Ersten Weltkrieg in Deutschland in nahezu allen Parteien politische Konjunktur. Aber während der Begriff bei den Sozialdemokraten beispielsweise ein Synonym für die inkludierende Einheit aller Schaffenden darstellte, war die »Volksgemeinschaft« bei der Rechten, insbesondere bei den Nationalsozialisten, vor allem durch Exklusion bestimmt.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

322 pages, Library Binding

First published March 7, 2007

Reviews

[Mark Swatek-Evenstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

books like this one are a bit hard to get through: the central idea is expressed within the first 50 pages or so, then there's about 200 pages illustrating that the interpretation based on this idea is convincing/correct and then there's a conclusion reiterating that point. however, to understand the scale of popular involvement in violent anti-semitism, its use as a political tool and its power to create a homogenous society, this is a very important read.