ABSTRACT

Here is a wealth of factual and interpretative information about Germany between 1918 and 1945. Designed for maximum practicality, it sets the Hitler years in their wider context, with most sections spanning the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism as well as the Third Reich itself. In addition to political chronologies and anatomies of the Nazi party and the police state, there is detailed information on economy, society and culture; diplomacy, rearmament and war; and racial politics and the Holocaust. Biographies, glossary and a rich annotated bibliography complete an invaluable study aid.

section |44 pages

Politics and the State: the Weimar Republic and the Rise of Nazism

chapter 1|6 pages

Weimar Republic: Introduction

chapter 2|7 pages

Chronology

chapter 3|5 pages

Major Political Parties, 1918–33

chapter 4|3 pages

Elections

chapter 5|16 pages

Weimar Republic: Cabinets

chapter 6|5 pages

The Rise of Nazism

section |26 pages

Politics, State and Party: the Third Reich

chapter 1|2 pages

The Consolidation of Power

chapter 2|7 pages

Chronology

chapter 3|5 pages

The Political System of the Third Reich

chapter 4|4 pages

The Nazi Party

chapter 5|6 pages

The Police State

section |50 pages

Economy, Society and Culture, 1918–1945

chapter |2 pages

Agriculture

chapter |3 pages

Industry

chapter |1 pages

Trade

chapter |2 pages

Transport and Communications

chapter |7 pages

Labour

chapter |3 pages

Consumption

chapter |1 pages

Religion

chapter |2 pages

Health

chapter |7 pages

Education

chapter |3 pages

Press

section |36 pages

Diplomacy, Rearmament and War, 1918–1945

chapter 1|14 pages

Chronology

chapter |7 pages

Diplomacy and International Relations

chapter |2 pages

Rearmament

chapter |5 pages

The Consolidation of a Greater Germany

chapter 5|1 pages

Defeat and the Division of Germany

chapter |1 pages

War Losses

chapter |4 pages

Maps

section |16 pages

Anti-semitism, Racial Politics and the Holocaust, 1933–1945

chapter |8 pages

Chronology

chapter |1 pages

Jewish Population of Germany, 1933 1

chapter |1 pages

Mass Murder