Mar 17, 2020 then, in the spring of 1933, germany turned itself inside out, from a deeply divided republic into a oneparty dictatorship. In germans into nazis peter fritzsche argues that the origins of. It should be stated clearly that germans became nazis because they wanted to become nazis and because the nazis spoke so well to their interests and inclinations. One of the four key archival photographs in this history of the rise of the nazi state shows a young, disheveled hitler among the throng of patriotic germans. When germans embraced the third reich ebook written by peter fritzsche. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche 1 germany before the fuhrer. Germans into nazis peter fritzsche harvard university press.
May 26, 2014 by kevin baker in germans into nazis, peter fritzsche examines four moments in german history between 1914 and 1933 that exemplify how the nazi movement became possible. Germans into nazis university of illinois at urbana. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. World war i occupies such a prominent place in modern history because it created new social formations organized around a national identity that was defined in increasingly populist and racial terms. The book sets out an explanation that seems especially topical and urgent now, given subsequent trends in western politics.
Peter fritzsche has long sought to understand germanys cultural and political transformation from the inside. Fritzsche attempts to determine whether or not average germans were coerced or consented to follow hitlers lead. The nazis were germanys largest party, but a series of elections in 1932 showed no groundswell in its favor, and most establishment leaders considered. Fritzsche writes a thoughtprovoking and disturbing book about hitlers first 100 days as germanys chancellor. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, peter fritzsche explains why the nazis were so popular. Peter fritzsches germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periods. In germans into nazis, peter fritzsche examines four moments in. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, peter fritzsche. A sobering look at how quickly hitler transformed germany. Germanys defeat at the end of world war i left the nation socially, politically, and economically shattered. Reading questions for peter fritzsche, germans into nazis.
How hitler transformed a democracy into a tyranny the new. Mar 17, 2020 fritzsche describes an era that has been covered by other books not least his own many times over. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. Fritzsche examines the events of the period the elections and mass arrests, the bonfires and gunfire, the patriotic rallies and antijewish boycotts. Summary of argument in peter fritzsches german into nazis introduction p.
Hitler had little trouble destroying german democracy, and this fine history describes how he did it. Peter fritzsche why did ordinary germans vote for hitler. Peter fritzsche, a historian of modern germany, has written several books based in part on the letters and diaries of average germans, from before and through nazi rule and the war. The reparation agreements inflicted upon germany without its consent at the end of the war meant that the. Germans into nazis peter fritzsche haftad 9780674350922.
The nazis won such decisive pluralities in the 1932 and 1933. The book, which was assembled from family letters by hedda kalshoven, gives voice to ordinary germans in the weimar republic and the third reich and in the occupied netherlands. Rejecting the view that germans voted for the nazis simply because they hated the jews, or had been humiliated in world war. Peter fritzsche, germans into nazis chicago journals. The startling question you have to ask yourself from reading peter fritzsches book germans into nazis, is what made the ordinary man in the crowd into the fuhrer of the third reich.
Click download or read online button to get germans into nazis book now. In germans into nazis fritzsche further develops this argument, showing how intense nationalism during world war i and the defeat and humiliation that followed. Peter fritzsches germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periodsaugust 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933to explain the success of the nazis in their drive to gain and solidify their power by winning over the german people this book is gracefully. Modern germany mccole reading questions for peter fritzsche, germans into nazis introduction 1. Life and death in the third reich by peter fritzsche. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, peter fritzsche explains why the nazis were so popular and what was behind the political choice made by the german people. Peter fritzsche s germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periodsaugust 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933to explain the success of the nazis in their drive to gain and solidify their power by winning over the german people. Rejecting the view that germans voted for the nazis simply because they hated the jews, or had been humiliated in world war i, or.
Europe under hitler, life and death in the third reich, and germans into nazis. Fritzsche describes an era that has been covered by other books not least his own many times over. Buy a cheap copy of germans into nazis book by peter fritzsche. In hitlers first hundred days, awardwinning historian peter fritzsche offers a probing account of the pivotal moments when the majority of germans seemed, all at once, to join the nazis to construct the third reich. Most of these involve details from an individual life, like the parisian teenager who chose to defy the germans by refusing to put a leash. Peter fritzsches germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periodsaugust 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933to explain the success of the nazis in their drive to gain and solidify their power by winning over the german people this book is gracefully written. Fritzsche reading berlin, however, quickly points o.
When germans embraced the third reich by peter fritzsche. In germans into nazis fritzsche further develops this argument, showing how intense nationalism during world war i and the defeat and humiliation that followed contributed to discontents that supported nazism. It should be stated clearly that germans became nazis because they. Everyone knows that the germans turned to the nazis when dismay over the treaty of versailles mixed with the depredations of the great depression. Peter fritzsches germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periodsaugust 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933to explain the success of the nazis in their drive to gain and solidify their power by winning over the german people. Our summaries and analyses are written by experts, and your. Peter fritzches book germans into nazis takes a fresh look at the question. As an esteemed historian of how ordinary germans accommodated themselves to. Germans into nazis combines a thorough command of recent literature with. In one of the most famous pictures in the european history you will see a. Mar 20, 2020 peter fritzsche has long sought to understand germanys cultural and political transformation from the inside. The nazis were germanys largest party, but a series of elections in 1932 showed no groundswell in its. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche librarything. How hitler transformed a democracy into a tyranny the.
The author peter fritzsche seems to focus on his argument in germans into nazis, that national socialism was the result of broad trends in german politics since the onset of world war i page 232. Peter fritzsche s book germans into nazis 822 words cram. He looks at the mass crowds of julyaugust 1914 when germany mobilized at the beginning of the great war, the crowds in 1918 following military defeat, the crowds. Most of these involve details from an individual life, like the parisian teenager who chose to defy the germans by refusing to put a leash on her dog. Summary of discussion peter fritzsche wofford college. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933. Germans into nazis edition 1 by peter fritzsche 2900674350921. As the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii in europe approaches, professor peter fritzsche discusses the radical and terrifying transformations in german society and politics ushered in during the first 100 days of the nazi regime. Germans into nazis, by peter fritzsche 1998 not even past. Lee milazzo dallas morning news peter fritzsches germans into nazis is an interpretive study of the rise of nazism which uses the key events of four crisis periodsaugust 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933to explain the success of the nazis in their drive to gain and solidify their power by winning over the german people. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, peter fritzsche explains why the nazis were so popular and what was behind the political choice. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hitlers first hundred days. As an esteemed historian of how ordinary germans accommodated themselves to the nazi. Hitlers first hundred days by fritzsche, peter ebook.
University of illinois history professor peter fritzsche has been writing on this and related subjects for many years, including in his previous books an iron wind. Germans into nazis peter fritzsche harvard university. Fritzsche is professor of history at university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche, 1999 online research. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche essay 791 words.
Hitler drew the germans of 1920s and 1930s back to the glory days of august, 1914. August 1914, november 1918, january 1933 and may 1933. He describes his reasoning for this, as well as gives many historical events and examples in detail. Published in 1998, the book sets out an explanation that seems especially topical and urgent now, given subsequent trends in western politics. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche, 1999 online. Peter fritzche s 1998 book germans into nazis took a fresh look at the question. In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in. Germans into nazis by peter fritzsche 9780674350915. Germans into nazis, by peter fritzsche 1998 by kevin baker in germans into nazis, peter fritzsche examines four moments in german history between 1914 and 1933 that exemplify how the nazi movement became possible.
Peter fritzsche, in his germans into nazis, makes acrucial point about public opinion in the 1930s and 1940s. His new book focuses on hitlers first hundred days in power, after the aging german president paul. On a topic so enormous, there is always more to learn, and when a book is built around firstperson accounts, as peter fritzsches an iron wind is, even specialist readers will make discoveries. Given the illiberal aims and violent means of the nazis, this popular support is a sobering, dreadful thing. The reparation agreements inflicted upon germany without its consent at the end of the war meant that the nation was in complete financial ruin.
690 356 625 605 1267 303 908 1126 135 1652 588 1443 297 434 687 720 1591 1337 920 374 995 1461 1382 850 1157 1124 540 326 907 1431 1482 212 557 629 1395 1336 154 1157 171 978 190 1305