Visions of Community in Nazi Germany: Social Engineering and Private Lives

by Bernhard Gotto and Martina Steber

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the F uuml hrer, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198824696
• ISBN13: 9780198824695
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"