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Dr Lisa Pine is a Historian and Author. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics, where she obtained her f... moreDr Lisa Pine is a Historian and Author. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics, where she obtained her first degree in Government and History and her MSc in International History with Distinction. She received her doctorate from the University of London in 1996. Her research expertise is centred upon the history of Nazi Germany, 1933-1945. She is a social historian of the Third Reich, with a strong interest in the mechanisms of this dictatorial regime and its impact upon German society. She is a widely published international expert in this field. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has been interviewed for Channel 5 ''Adolf and Eva: Love and War'' and for ''Project Nazi: Blueprints of Evil'' which has been broadcast on PBS America. edit
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Nazi Germany and Nazism
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Education in Nazi Germany examines how Nazism took shape both in the schools, in particular through curricular and textbook changes, and in the youth groups, in which German boys and girls were socialized in accordance with the regime's... more
Education in Nazi Germany examines how Nazism took shape both in the schools, in particular through curricular and textbook changes, and in the youth groups, in which German boys and girls were socialized in accordance with the regime's ideological aims. Offering a compelling new analysis of Nazi Educational policy, this book brings to the forefront an often-overlooked aspect of the Third Reich
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Hitler's 'National Community' provides a new and updated examination of German society under Hitler, analyzing and synthesizing a generation of scholarship to offer a fresh insight into the subject.
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The book first explores the nature of Nazi family ideology and gives an overview of various aspects of Nazi family policy, including the impact of eugenics upon population policy and issues such as marriage, divorce, contraception,... more
The book first explores the nature of Nazi family ideology and gives an overview of various aspects of Nazi family policy, including the impact of eugenics upon population policy and issues such as marriage, divorce, contraception, abortion and welfare measures.
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This paper was given at the Institute of Historical Research in London on 7 May 2015. It examines gender-specific girls’ education in Nazi Germany, focusing on two important, inter-related aspects of Nazi educational work. The first part... more
This paper was given at the Institute of Historical Research in London on 7 May 2015. It examines gender-specific girls’ education in Nazi Germany, focusing on two important, inter-related aspects of Nazi educational work. The first part of the paper discusses school education and the second part considers gender-specific training in the League of German Girls (BdM). Education for girls in the Third Reich was differentiated from boys’ education through its emphasis on motherhood and the family. The Nazi pedagogue Alfred Bäumler stated that under National Socialism there was not to be a general education, but a separate male and female education. Hence, girls’ education was considered to require a distinctive character, rather than being part of the overall education of both sexes. The essence of the female nature and its significance to the future of the nation was underlined. The role of motherhood and family life was central to girls’ education. Education in schools was complemented by the work of the BdM. National Socialist ideological training of girls included physical and domestic training. Particular attention was given here to the dissemination of Nazi ideology and there was considerable emphasis of the future ‘mother function’ of German girls. Training took the form of a weekly Heimabend, weekend educational sessions and household schools. The BdM ‘household schools’ provided specific training in household management and childcare. The paper ends with a short discussion of the work of these ‘household schools’.
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Chapter title: 'Gender and the Holocaust: Male and Female Experiences of Auschwitz'.
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This article adds to the growing literature on the history of food in the European dictatorships by examining and comparing the alimentary policies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany and their application, paying particular attention to... more
This article adds to the growing literature on the history of food in the European dictatorships by examining and comparing the alimentary policies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany and their application, paying particular attention to the relationship between class, gender, and the nation. It expands our knowledge and understanding of the mechanics of these dictatorships and of the impact of their food policies on their populations in a comparative way. The Fascist regime took initiatives related to food consumption from the mid-1920s, and women were at the centre of their food propaganda; Nazi Germany – in a similar manner to the Fascist regime – between 1933 and 1939, put in place food policies to encourage people to change their eating habits, even before the outbreak of the Second World War. The analysis of alimentary policies and strategies adopted by the Fascist and Nazi regimes, in the first part of their governments, illustrates the similarities in the populist construction...
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This cutting-edge edited collection examines the impact of political and social change upon the modern German family. By analysing different family structures, gender roles, social class aspects and children’s socialization, The Family in... more
This cutting-edge edited collection examines the impact of political and social change upon the modern German family. By analysing different family structures, gender roles, social class aspects and children’s socialization, The Family in Modern Germany provides a comprehensive and well-balanced overview of how different political systems have shaped modern conceptualizations of the family, from the bourgeois family ideal right up to recent trends like cohabitation and same-sex couples. Beginning with an overview of the 19th-century family, each chapter goes on to examine changes in family type, size and structure across the different decades of the 20th century, with a focus on the relationship between the family and the state, as well as the impact of family policies and laws on the German family. Lisa Pine and her expert team of contributors draw on a wealth of primary sources, including legal documents, diaries, letters and interviews, and the most up-to-date secondary literatur...
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The thesis is a study of Nazi family ideology and policy, and of the impact of the Nazi regime upon different types of family within German society. As such, it tackles an aspect of life in the Third Reich that has until now remained... more
The thesis is a study of Nazi family ideology and policy, and of the impact of the Nazi regime upon different types of family within German society. As such, it tackles an aspect of life in the Third Reich that has until now remained inadequately researched. This thesis advances the study of the subject by adding to existing knowledge, rather than by challenging the literature. It does not claim to answer every remaining question, but rather focuses in more detail on a number of specific areas. It considers the nature of Nazi family ideology, giving an overview of the eugenics movement and of Nazi policies towards the family. This is followed by a consideration of the dissemination of Nazi family ideals, by means of education and socialisation. Beyond these areas, the thesis does not deal with the 'average' or 'ordinary' German family, but focuses on areas that are less well-trodden in the secondary literature. It considers the families at different ends of the spect...
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While discussion of eugenics and biopolitics during the Third Reich has largely focused upon the regime's most destructive and genocidal policies, this article concentrates on Nazi ‘special schools’ and ‘elite schools’ as a crucial... more
While discussion of eugenics and biopolitics during the Third Reich has largely focused upon the regime's most destructive and genocidal policies, this article concentrates on Nazi ‘special schools’ and ‘elite schools’ as a crucial sphere of quasi-eugenic thought and praxis, drawing attention to education as a previously under-researched category of intervention in the history of modern biopolitics. The article also sheds new light on the racialized nature of the Nazi ‘national community’ (the Volksgemeinschaft), and contributes to recent debates on the Third Reich's status as a ‘racial state’ which suggest that the National Socialist regime was driven less by fanatical adherence to racial ideology, and more by a mixture of anthropological and eugenic racism, combined with productivist pragmatism. The two case-studies draw attention to less familiar corners of the National Socialist pedagogical landscape, covering both extremes of the spectrum of biological selection in educ...
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EJ543666 - The Dissemination of Nazi Ideology and Family Values through School Textbooks.
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This book examines the history of the family in modern Germany from 1871 to the post-reunification era. It contributes a primary point of reference in the field and fills a significant gap in the historiography because there is no recent... more
This book examines the history of the family in modern Germany from 1871 to the post-reunification era. It contributes a primary point of reference in the field and fills a significant gap in the historiography because there is no recent book published in English on this subject. There are, of course, a number of German scholarly works published in this field, although these mainly date back to the 1970s and 1980s. The only book in English that is at all similar was published in the early 1980s and is very dated now. There have been a number of monographs that deal with the history of the family in Germany in a particular era, as well as general histories of the family or the European family. However, the trend in historical writing in recent decades has not been on the history of the family. Historiographical developments have been more focussed on women’s history and gender studies, and also on sexuality, but not so much on the family. Recent historical writing has covered many subjects that are tangential to the history of the family - not only the ones just mentioned, but also the history of emotions, memory and food. The time is ripe to return to a history of the family that incorporates recent historiographical trends.
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:... more
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
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Mouton's book traces German family policy from the Weimar Republic through the Third Reich. As one of the few studies to bridge the 1933 divide, Mouton's work makes clear that although state attempts to manage [End Page 611]... more
Mouton's book traces German family policy from the Weimar Republic through the Third Reich. As one of the few studies to bridge the 1933 divide, Mouton's work makes clear that although state attempts to manage [End Page 611] reproduction with the goal of rejuvenating the ...
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The thesis is a study of Nazi family ideology and policy, and the impact of the Nazi regime upon different types of family within German society. As such, it tackles an aspect of life in the Third Reich that has until now remained... more
The thesis is a study of Nazi family ideology and policy, and the impact of the Nazi regime upon different types of family within German society. As such, it tackles an aspect of life in the Third Reich that has until now remained inadequately researched. This thesis ...
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Raul Hilberg argues that "The Final Solution was intended by its creators to ensure the annihilation of all Jews
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Raul Hilberg argues that "The Final Solution was intended by its creators to ensure the annihilation of all Jews
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The growing interest in the role of the Nazi youth groups in German society between 1933 and 1945 is evidenced by the large historiography on both the Hitlerjugend (HJ, or Hitler Youth) and the Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM, or League of... more
The growing interest in the role of the Nazi youth groups in German society between 1933 and 1945 is evidenced by the large historiography on both the Hitlerjugend (HJ, or Hitler Youth) and the Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM, or League of German Maidens). Since 1980, when ...
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... No. 467. I. Report by Fichtner about the setting up of ... Two case studies follow, to demonstrate the type of reasons for which families were interned in Hashude. In May 1936, the welfare authorities proposed that the family of... more
... No. 467. I. Report by Fichtner about the setting up of ... Two case studies follow, to demonstrate the type of reasons for which families were interned in Hashude. In May 1936, the welfare authorities proposed that the family of Friederike N. should be admitted into Hashude. ...
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This is an impressive book. Michael Zimmermann's study of Nazi 'Gypsy'policy is thorough and comprehensive, based upon exhaustive archival research. It is an extremely informative book on an important subject that has until... more
This is an impressive book. Michael Zimmermann's study of Nazi 'Gypsy'policy is thorough and comprehensive, based upon exhaustive archival research. It is an extremely informative book on an important subject that has until quite recently been largely neglected and ...