From Weimar to Hitler

Hermann Beck is Professor of History at the University of Miami. He is author of The Origins of the Authoritarian Welfare State in Prussia (1995), and The Fateful Alliance (2008).Larry Eugene Jones is Professor of Modern European History at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He is the author of German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918-1933 (1988), and Hitler versus Hindenburg (2015).

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Nazi Seizure of Power in Historical and Historiographical PerspectiveHermann Beck and Larry Eugene JonesChapter 1. Taming the Nazi Beast: Kurt von Schleicher and the End of the Weimar RepublicLarry Eugene JonesChapter 2. Ausnahmezustand, Staatsnotstandsplan, and Ermuchtigungsgesetz: Reappraising Carl Schmitt's Political Constitutionalism and the Demise of WeimarJoseph W. BenderskyChapter 3. Ludwig Kaas and the End of the German Center PartyMartin MenkeChapter 4. The Nazi Seizure of Power in Bavaria and the Demise of the Bavarian People's PartyWinfried BeckerChapter 5. German Big Business and the Nazi Revolution, 1933-34Peter HayesChapter 6. Violence against 'Ostjuden' in the Spring of 1933 and the Reaction of German AuthoritiesHermann BeckChapter 7. The SA in the Gleichschaltung: The Context of Power and ViolenceBruce B. CampbellChapter 8. Nationalist Socialism against National Socialism?: Perceptions of Nazism and Anti-Nazi Strategies in the Circle of the Neue Blatter fur den Sozialismus, 1930-34Stefan VogtChapter 9. Nationalism, Socialism, and Organized Labor's Response to the Dissolution of the Weimar RepublicWilliam L. Patch, Jr.Chapter 10. From Collegiality to the Fuhrerprinzip: The 1933 Introduction of the Episcopacy in the Hamburg LandeskircheRainer HeringChapter 11. Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and the Protestant Appeasement of the Nazi Regime, 1933-34Edward SnyderChapter 12. In Search of Allies: Catholic Conservatives, the Alliance of Catholic Germans, and the Nazi Regime, 1933-34Larry Eugene Jones and Kevin P. SpicerChapter 13. German Youth between Euphoria and Resistance: Political Coercion and the Coordination of German YouthAndre PostertChapter 14. "German Youth, Your Leader!": How National Socialism Entered Elementary Schools in 1933Katharine KennedyConclusion: Reaffirming the Value of Political HistoryHermann Beck and Larry Eugene JonesIndex

"This excellent, accessible volume will be of great interest to scholars and informed readers looking to gain new insight into the topic of Hitler's seizure and consolidation of power." - Barry Jackisch, University of Saint Francis