The Respectable Career of Fritz K.: The Making and Remaking of a Provincial Nazi Leader

by Hartmut Berghoff and Cornelia Rauh

Entrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A successful manufacturer, Kiehn joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and obtained a number of influential posts after 1933, making him one of the most powerful Nazi functionaries in southern Germany. These posts allowed him ample opportunity to profit from "Aryanizations" and state contracts. After 1945, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782385932
• ISBN13: 9781782385936
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"