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They thought they were free : the Germans, 1933-45
Title
They thought they were free : the Germans, 1933-45 / Milton Mayer ; with a new afterword by Richard J. Evans.
ISBN
9780226525839
022652583X
9780226525976
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
©1955
Physical Description
xii, 378 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Notes
Originally published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©1955.
Summary
Interviews with ten former Nazis comprise the core of this penetrating study of the psychological causes of Nazism and their implications for modern Germany.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2018
Contents
Ten men
The lives men lead
Hitler and I
"What would you have done?"
The joiners
The way to stop communism
"We think with our blood"
The anti-semitic swindle
"Everybody knew." "Nobody knew"
"We Christians had the duty"
The crimes of the losers
"That's the way we are"
But then it was too late
Collective shame
The furies: Heinrich Hilderbrandt
The furies: Johann Kessler
The furies: furor teutonicus
There is no such thing
Pressure cooker
"Peoria uber alles"
New boy in the neighborhood
Two new boys in the neighborhood
"Like God in France"
But a man must believe in something
Push-button panic
The broken stones
The liberators
The re-educators re-educated
The reluctant phoenix
born yesterday
Tug of peace
"Are we the same as the Russians?"
Marx talds to Michel
The uncalculated risk.
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