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Family punishment in Nazi Germany : Sippenhaft, terror and myth
- Title
- Family punishment in Nazi Germany : Sippenhaft, terror and myth / Robert Loeffel.
- Author
- Loeffel, Robert.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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- Description
- x, 258 p. : map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In the Third Reich, political dissidents were not the only ones liable to be punished for their crimes. Their parents, siblings and relatives also risked reprisals. This concept - known as Sippenhaft - was based in ideas of blood and purity. This definitive study surveys the threats, fears and infliction of this part of the Nazi system of terror"--
- Subjects
- Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Punishment > Germany > History > 20th century
- Dissenters > Germany > History > 20th century
- Dissenters > Family relationships > Germany > History > 20th century
- Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- Punishment > Social aspects > Germany > History > 20th century
- State-sponsored terrorism > Germany > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Sippenhaft, Terror and Fear : The Historiography of the Nazi Terror State -- The Consent and Coercion Debate -- Method of Transmission -- Importance of Rumour in Nazi Germany -- Outline of this Book -- A Word on Sources -- Conclusion -- PART I: SIPPENHAFT AND GERMAN SOCIETY, 1933-1945 -- Sippenhaft and the Rise to Power -- Sippenhaft and Resistance during Second World War -- The German Home Front after Stalingrad -- Conclusion -- PART II: "IMPRISONMENT OF RELATIVES, LIFE OR LIBERTY" : SIPPENHAFT AND THE WEHRMACHT -- The Foundation of Sippenhaft in the Wehrmacht -- Sippenhaft and the Wehrmacht, 1939-1944 -- Sippenhaft against Volksdeutche Germans -- Sippenhaft after the 20 July 1944 -- Codification of Terror -- Conclusion -- PART III: SIPPENHAFT AND THE NKFD AND THE BDO -- Background -- The German Reaction -- Cherkassy -- Effect of 20 July 1944 181 -- The Limits of Sippenhaft -- Sippenhaft and the Political Significance of the NKFD and BDO -- Conclusion -- PART IV: "IF A MAN IN THIS REICH IS UNTRUE, THEN HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE PUNISHED" -- Sippenhaft and the 20 July 1944 -- Establishing Sippenhaft and 20 July 1944 -- Sippenhaft put into Effect -- Continuing Rhetoric, Fear, Expansion and Limitations of Sippenhaft -- The Fate of the von Stauffenberg Family -- The Transformation of Sippenhaft and the 20 July 1944 -- Challenging Terror: Interventions, Representations and Release -- Confusion and Fear -- Those that Remained in Sippenhaft Detention -- Conclusion -- PART V: SIPPENHAFT KINDERHEIM : THE CHILDREN IN BAD SACHSA -- The Sippenhaft Prisoners of Bad Sachsa -- Life in the Camp: Determining Intention -- A Change of Plan -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-3198
- ISBN
- 9780230343054 (hardback)
- 0230343058 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2012022127
- OCLC
- YBP 2012022127
- Author
- Loeffel, Robert.
- Title
- Family punishment in Nazi Germany : Sippenhaft, terror and myth / Robert Loeffel.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-3198