generations and violence through the German dictatorships /
Mary Fulbrook
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011
xii, 515 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-507) and index
Introduction : violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two worlds' in Nazi Germany -- The escalation of violence : war and genocide -- Who was who in the GDR--and why? : The shifting formation of generations after 1945 -- Transitions from Nazism to communism -- Mobilization for the future (again) -- The 'iron cage' : coming to terms with the present -- Embodying the past -- Turning points -- Conclusions : generations in an age of violence
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Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns
Communism-- Germany-- History-- 20th century
Dictatorship-- Germany-- History-- 20th century
National socialism-- Germany-- History-- 20th century
Political violence-- Germany-- History-- 20th century
Social conflict-- Germany-- History-- 20th century