Confronting Hitler
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Confronting Hitler

German Social Democrats in Defense of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933

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eBook - PDF

Confronting Hitler

German Social Democrats in Defense of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933

About this book

The stories of the individual men and women who led German Social Democracy's failed efforts to fend off the Nazi onslaught in 1933 have largely been lost in the wake of the cataclysmic war, the Holocaust, and the division of Europe that followed Hitler's victory. Confronting Hitler recovers their stories and places them at center stage. In a series of biographical essays focusing on the experiences of ten leading Social Democratic activists, Smaldone examines their defeat in 1933 from the perspective of individuals enmeshed in political struggle.

This study reveals what aspects of these activists' lives were most important in shaping their political outlook during the republic's final crisis and it illustrates the key factors that guided their actions in the effort to keep the republic alive. In addition, the biographies raise the important issue of the degree to which the defeat of German Social Democracy in 1933 is comparable to the experiences of other democratic socialist movements in the twentieth century.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2010
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798881885526
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. CONFRONTING HITLER
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 01: Weimar and the Social Democratic Challenge
  6. Chapter 02: Siegfried Aufhäuser (1884–1969)
  7. Chapter 03: Rudolf Breitscheid (1874–1944)
  8. Chapter 04: Rudolf Hilferding (1877–1941): Against Right and Left
  9. Chapter 05: Marie Juchacz (1879–1956): Mobilizing Women
  10. Chapter 06: Carlo Mierendorff (1897–1943)
  11. Chapter 07: Antonie Pfülf (1877–1933)
  12. Chapter 08: Toni Sender (1888–1964): German Rebel
  13. Chapter 09: Carl Severing (1875–1952)
  14. Chapter 10: Friedrich Stampfer (1874–1957): Reaching Out to the Communists
  15. Chapter 11: Otto Wels (1873–1939): Defending Socialism’s Honor
  16. Chapter 12: Conclusion: Reconsidering theGerman Catastrophe of 1933
  17. Chronology
  18. Works Cited
  19. Index
  20. About the Author

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