A Village in the Third Reich
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A Village in the Third Reich

How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Village in the Third Reich

How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism

About this book

An intimate portrait of German life during World War II, shininga light on ordinary people living in a picturesque Bavarian village under Nazi rule, from a past winner of theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for History. Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the picturesque village of Oberstdorf—a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere.Yet even this remote idyll could not escape the brutal iron grip of the Nazi regime. From the author of the international bestseller Travelers in the Third Reich comes A Village in the Third Reich, shining a light on the lives of ordinary people. Drawing on personal archives, letters, interviews and memoirs, it lays bare their brutality and love; courage and weakness; action, apathy and grief; hope, pain, joy, and despair. Within its pages we encounter people from all walks of life – foresters, priests, farmers and nuns; innkeepers, Nazi officials, veterans and party members; village councillors, mountaineers, socialists, slave labourers, schoolchildren, tourists and aristocrats. We meet the Jews who survived – and those who didn't; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was judged "not worth living." This is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams—but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs.These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781639363797
Topic
Geschichte
Subtopic
Deutsche Geschichte

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Maps
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Going Home
  7. Chapter 2: Political Chaos
  8. Chapter 3: Nazi Stirrings
  9. Chapter 4: Elections, Elections
  10. Chapter 5: Opening Pandora’s Box
  11. Chapter 6: Nazi versus Nazi
  12. Chapter 7: The New Era
  13. Chapter 8: Young, Bold and Blond
  14. Chapter 9: God and Hitler
  15. Chapter 10: Towards War
  16. Chapter 11: Blitzkrieg
  17. Chapter 12: Theodor Weissenberger, In Memoriam
  18. Chapter 13: Barbarossa
  19. Chapter 14: Turning Point
  20. Chapter 15: Mount Elbrus
  21. Chapter 16: Total War
  22. Chapter 17: Camps
  23. Chapter 18: To the Bitter End
  24. Chapter 19: The Jews
  25. Chapter 20: Collapse
  26. Chapter 21: Surrender
  27. Chapter 22: Aftermath
  28. Chapter 23: The Reckoning
  29. A Village in the Third Reich: The Back Story
  30. Uncovering Oberstdorf’s Past
  31. Photographs
  32. Acknowledgements
  33. The Villagers
  34. About the Authors
  35. Notes
  36. Bibliography
  37. Index
  38. Copyright

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