Hitler's Millennial Reich : Apocalyptic Belief and the Search for Salvation / David Redles.
2005
DD256.5 .R382 2008
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Hitler's Millennial Reich : Apocalyptic Belief and the Search for Salvation / David Redles.
Author
Redles, David, author.
ISBN
9780814776759
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2005]
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©2005
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814776759.001.0001 doi
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DD256.5 .R382 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
943.086
Summary
After World War I, German citizens sought not merely relief from the political, economic, social, and cultural upheaval which wracked Weimar Germany, but also mental salvation. With promises of order, prosperity, and community, Adolph Hitler fulfilled a profoundly spiritual need on behalf of those who converted to Nazism, and thus became not only Führer, but Messiah contends David Redles, who believes that millenarian sentiment was central to the rise of Nazism.As opposed to many works which depersonalize Nazism by focusing on institutional factors, Redles offers a fresh view of the impact and potential for millenarian movements. The writings of both major and minor Nazi party figures, in which there echoes a striking religiosity and salvational faith, reveal how receptive Germans were to the notion of a millennial Reich such as that offered by Hitler. Redles illustrates how Hitler's apocalyptic prophecies of a coming "final battle" with the so-called Jewish Bolsheviks, one that was conceived to be a "war of annihilation," was transformed into an equally eschatological "Final Solution"
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Nazism, Myth, and Meaning
1. A World Turned Upside Down: Weimar Chaos and the Culture of Apocalypse
2. The Turning Point: Racial Apocalypse or Racial Salvation
3. Seeing the Light: The Nazi Conversion Experience
4. Hitler as Messiah
5. The Messiah Legitimated: Linking the Leader and the Led
6. Final Empire, Final War, Final Solution
Appendix: The Hitler Gospels and Old Guard Testimonials: Reconstructing a Mythical World
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Nazism, Myth, and Meaning
1. A World Turned Upside Down: Weimar Chaos and the Culture of Apocalypse
2. The Turning Point: Racial Apocalypse or Racial Salvation
3. Seeing the Light: The Nazi Conversion Experience
4. Hitler as Messiah
5. The Messiah Legitimated: Linking the Leader and the Led
6. Final Empire, Final War, Final Solution
Appendix: The Hitler Gospels and Old Guard Testimonials: Reconstructing a Mythical World
Notes
Index
About the Author