From Weimar to Hitler: Studies in the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1932-1934

Published by Berghahn Books 2018

From Weimar to Hitler

Studies in the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1932-1934

Edited by: Hermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785339189

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Though often depicted as a rapid political transformation, the Nazi seizure of power was in fact a process that extended from the appointment of the Papen cabinet in the early summer of 1932 through the Röhm blood purge two years later. Across fourteen rigorous and carefully researched chapters, From Weimar to Hitler offers a compelling collective investigation of this critical period in modern German history. Each case study presents new empirical research on the crisis of Weimar democracy, the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, and Hitler’s consolidation of power. Together, they provide multiple perspectives on the extent to which the triumph of Nazism was historically predetermined or the product of human miscalculation and intent.

Author / Editor information

Hermann Beck is Professor of History at the University of Miami. He is the author of Conservatives, Bureaucracy, and the Social Question in Prussia, 1815-1870 (1995), and The Fateful Alliance: German Conservatives and Nazis in 1933 (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).

Hermann Beck is Professor of History at the University of Miami. He is the author of Conservatives, Bureaucracy, and the Social Question in Prussia, 1815-1870 (1995), and The Fateful Alliance: German Conservatives and Nazis in 1933 (2008).

Reviews

“These detailed, readable essays offer valuable evidence of how particular actors made the Nazi takeover possible, whether through active choice or passive behavior…This volume shows the combination of bad faith, naiveté, and outright moral hollowness that prevailed between 1932 and 1934, offering lessons about Germany’s past that remain relevant to our current political moment.” • Central European History

“The editors have brought together a dozen contributions that are concise as well as gratifyingly homogenous and succeed in offering various corrections to a fairly well-known historical terrain.” • Historische Zeitschrift

“The issues that the volume raises are not new…However, the essays offer valuable new perspectives on longstanding questions. The editors have written very helpful introductory and concluding essays which both provide an overview as well as suggesting future avenues of historical inquiry…This review cannot do justice to the high level of research and analysis which characterizes the scholarship in this volume. The essays provide an outstanding overview of new scholarship on the Nazi seizure of power and the early years of the Nazi dictatorship. From Weimar to Hitler should be of great interest to any scholar working in the field of modern German history.” • German History

“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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction The Nazi Seizure of Power in Historical and Historiographical Perspective Hermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Taming the Nazi Beast: Kurt von Schleicher and the End of the Weimar Republic Larry Eugene Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2 Ausnahmezustand, Staatsnotstandsplan, and Ermächtigungsgesetz: Reappraising Carl Schmitt’s Political Constitutionalism and the Demise of Weimar Joseph W. Bendersky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 3 Ludwig Kaas and the End of the German Center Party Martin Menke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 4 The Nazi Seizure of Power in Bavaria and the Demise of the Bavarian People’s Party Winfried Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 5 German Big Business and the National Revolution, 1933–34 Peter Hayes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 6 Violence against “Ostjuden” in the Spring of 1933 and the Reaction of German Authorities Hermann Beck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 7 The SA in the Gleichschaltung: The Context of Pressure and Violence Bruce B. Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Chapter 8 Nationalist Socialism against National Socialism? Perceptions of Nazism and Anti-Nazi Strategies in the Circle of the Neue Blätter für den Sozialismus, 1930–34 Stefan Vogt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Chapter 9 Nationalism, Socialism, and Organized Labor’s Response to the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic William L. Patch Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Chapter 10 From Collegiality to the Führerprinzip: The 1933 Introduction of the Episcopacy in the Hamburg Landeskirche Rainer Hering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Chapter 11 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and the Protestant Appeasement of the Nazi Regime, 1933–34 Edward Snyder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
Chapter 12 In Search of Allies: Catholic Conservatives, the Alliance of Catholic Germans, and the Nazi Regime, 1933–34 Larry Eugene Jones and Kevin P. Spicer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Chapter 13 German Youth between Euphoria and Resistance: Political Coercion and the Coordination of German Youth André Postert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366
Chapter 14 “German Youth, Your Leader!” How National Socialism Entered Elementary Schools in 1933 Katharine Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	394
Conclusion Reaffirming the Value of Political History Hermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 508
Keywords: international history; wwii; 1930s germany; nazi germany; dictatorship; adolph hitler; consolidation of power; nazism; miscalculation; trumpism; holocaust; rohm blood purge; politics; civic; engaging; retrospective; history; multiple perspectives; berlin; antisemitism; 20th century; political transformation; german history; papen cabinet

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Published: November 29, 2018
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