Christoph Rass

Karola Fings

Jörg Echternkamp

Jürgen Förster

Ralf Blank

Tobias Jersak

Armin Nolzen

Winfried Heinemann

The Second World War affected the lives and shaped the experience of millions of individuals in Germany - soldiers at the front, women, children and the elderly sheltering in cellars, slave labourers toiling in factories, and concentration-camp prisoners and POWs clearing rubble in the Reich's devastated cities. Taking a 'history from below' approach, the volume examines how the minds and behaviour of individuals were moulded by the Party as the Reich took the road to Total War. The ever-increasing numbers of German workers conscripted into the Wehrmacht were replaced with forced foreign workers and slave labourers and concentration camp prisoners. The interaction in everyday life between German civilian society and these coerced groups is explored, as is that society's relationship to the Holocaust. From early 1943, the war on the home front was increasingly dominated by attack from the air. The role of the Party, administration, police, and courts in providing for the vast numbers of those rendered homeless, in bolstering civilian morale with 'miracle revenge weapons' propaganda, and in maintaining order in a society in disintegration is reviewed in detail. For society in uniform, the war in the east was one of ideology and annihilation, with intensified indoctrination of the troops after Stalingrad. The social profile of this army is analysed through study of a typical infantry division. The volume concludes with an account of the various forms of resistance to Hitler's regime, in society and the military, culminating in the failed attempt on his life in July 1944.

Volume IX/I: German Wartime Society 1939-1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival

Germany and the Second World War

Seit über 600 Jahren leben Sinti und Roma in Europa, und doch ist ihre Geschichte weitgehend unbekannt. Karola Fings erzählt, wie sich Roma aus dem Südosten kommend in den europäischen Ländern ansiedelten und sich trotz Vertreibungen und Assimilationsdruck gesellschaftlich und ökonomisch eine Existenz aufgebaut haben. Sie erklärt, wie sich bis heute gültige Stereotype über "Zigeuner" herausbildeten und welche Folgen dies für Angehörige der Minderheit hat. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt dem nationalsozialistischen Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma, der auch die nachfolgenden Generationen prägt. Abschließend zeigt die Autorin, was die Umwälzungen in Europa seit den 1990er-Jahren für die Minderheit bedeuten. Sie beschreibt die aktuellen Lebensverhältnisse und welche Hoffnungen sich mit der Politik der Europäischen Union verbinden.Wer sich jenseits von Vorurteilen und weit verbreitetem Halbwissen über die wechselvolle Geschichte und Gegenwart von Sinti und Roma informieren will, sollte diese umfassende, anschauliche und kompakte Darstellung lesen.

Geschichte einer Minderheit

Sinti und Roma

The Second World War affected the lives and shaped the experience of millions of individuals in Germany - soldiers at the front, women, children and the elderly sheltering in cellars, slave labourers toiling in factories, and concentration-camp prisoners and POWs clearing rubble in the Reich's devastated cities.Taking a 'history from below' approach, the volume examines how the minds and behaviour of individuals were moulded by the Party as the Reich took the road to Total War. The ever-increasing numbers of German workers conscripted into the Wehrmacht were replaced with forced foreign workers and slave labourers and concentration camp prisoners. The interaction in everyday life between German civilian society and these coerced groups is explored, as is that society>'s relationship to theHolocaust.From early 1943, the war on the home front was increasingly dominated by attack from the air. The role of the Party, administration, police, and courts in providing for the vast numbers of those rendered homeless, in bolstering civilian morale with 'miracle revenge weapons' propaganda, and in maintaining order in a society in disintegration is reviewed in detail.For society in uniform, the war in the east was one of ideology and annihilation, with intensified indoctrination of the troops after Stalingrad. The social profile of this army is analysed through study of a typical infantry division. The volume concludes with an account of the various forms of resistance to Hitler's regime, in society and the military, culminating in the failed attempt on his life in July 1944.

Germany and the Second World War:Volume IX/I: German Wartime Society 1939-1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival

Anita Kugler

Reinhold Billstein

"By carefully examining the automotive companies' collaboration with the Reich and placing it in an international context, the book is indispensable reading for all who are interested in the moral implications of capitalist economies under totalitarian conditions." * The International History Review (Hans Mommsen) "...comprehensive ...a plethora ......

Ford, General Motors, and Forced Labor in Germany During the Second World War

Working for the Enemy

Karola Fings

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