Title The racial state : Germany, 1933-1945 / Michael Burleigh, Wolfgang Wippermann

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Description xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: why another book on the Third Reich? -- Part I. The Setting: 1. How modern, German, and totalitarian was the Third Reich? some major historiographical controversies -- 2. Barbarous utopias: racial idealogies in Germany -- 3. Barbarism institutionalised: racism as state policy -- Part II. The 'Purification' Of The Body Of The Nation: 4. The persecution of the Jews -- 5. The persecution of Sinti and Roma, and other ethnic minorities -- 6. The persecution of the 'hereditarily ill', the 'asocial', and homosexuals -- Part III. The Formation Of The 'National Community': 7. Youth in the Third Reich -- 8. Women in the Third Reich -- 9. Men in th Third Reich -- Conclusion: National Socialist racial and social policy -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay -- Index Summary Between 1933 and 1945 the Nazi regime in Germany tried to restructure a "class" society along racial lines. This book deals with the ideas and institutions that underpinned this mission, and shows how Nazi policy affected various groups of people, both victims and beneficiaries. The book begins with a serious discussion of the origins of Nazi racial ideology, and then demonstrates the way in which this was translated into official policy. It deals with the systematic persecution not only of the Jews, but also with the fate of lesser-known groups such as Sinti and Roma, the mentally handicapped, the "asocial," and homosexuals.--Publisher description Analysis Germany Social minorities History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Minorities -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Sex role -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Youth -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Eugenics -- history. Euthanasia -- history. Minority Groups -- history. SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054594 Germany -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007651 Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054660 Germany http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646 Author Wippermann, Wolfgang, 1945- LC no. 90020209 ISBN 0521391148 0521398029 (paperback)

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