Lisa Pine’s Hitler’s ‘National Community’ explores German culture and society during the Nazi era and analyses how this impacted upon the Germany that followed this fateful regime. Drawing on a range of significant scholarly works on the subject, Pine informs us as to the major historiographical debates surrounding the subject whilst establishing her own original, interpretative arc.The book is divided into four parts. The first section explores the attempts of the Nazi regime to create a Volksgemeinschaft (‘national community’). The second part examines men, women, the family, the churches and religion. The third section analyses the fate of those groups that were excluded from the Volksgemeinschaft. The final section of the book considers the impact of the Nazi government upon German culture, in particular focusing on the radio and press, cinema and theatre, art and architecture, music and literature.This new edition includes historiographical updates throughout, an additional chapter on the early Nazi movement and brand new primary source excerpt boxes and illustrations. There is also expanded material on key topics like resistance, women and family, men and masculinity and religion.A crucial text for all students of Nazi Germany, this book provides a sophisticated window into the social and cultural aspects of life under Hitler’s rule.
Lisa Pine is Reader in History at London South Bank University, UK. She is the author of Life and Times in Nazi Germany (2016), Education in Nazi Germany (2010) and Nazi Family Policy, 1933-1945 (1997).
List of IllustrationsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionPart I - Creating the 'National Community'1. The Rise of Nazism2. Consensus and Conformity3. Coercion, Terror and Surveillance4. Education5. The Nazi Youth GroupsPart II - Inside the 'National Community'6. Men, Masculinity and the Wehrmacht7. Women, Womanhood and the Home Front8. The Family9. The Churches and ReligionPart III - Outside the 'National Community'10. The Jews11. The Gypsies12. The 'Asocial' and the Disabled13. Sexual Outsiders14. Dissenters and ResistersPart IV - Cultural Life and the 'National Community'15. The Radio and Press16. The Cinema and Theatre17. Art and Architecture18. Music and LiteratureConclusionGlossarySelect BibliographyIndex
Lisa Pine’s excellent new book is advertised as a second edition but it is much more than that ... [Her] analysis is balanced and lucid throughout. One of the characteristics of her approach is her meticulous attention at every stage to the arguments of previous scholars. This makes her book ideal for students at every level and indeed for anyone involved in teaching. It is difficult to think of a better text to recommend on this subject. Libraries and individuals who own the first edition will simply have to buy the second. They will be richly rewarded with a superb survey of German social history under National Socialism. It is without doubt by far the best book of its kind for over 40 years.
Julia Sneeringer, USA) Sneeringer, Associate Professor Julia (Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, Lisa Pine, Peter C Caldwell
Kees Boterbloem, Lisa Pine, USA) Boterbloem, Professor Kees (University of South Florida, UK) Pine, Dr. Lisa (Institute of Historical Research, University of London