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He analyses the ideologies of the incredible assassination plot of July 20 1944, as well as those of the Kreisau Circle and the conservative, socialist, church and military oppositions. \"Germans Against Hitler\" is the definitive work on this subject, of vital importance for scholars and students and all those interested in the history of World War II.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055005171985,"sku":"NIN9781845118525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52598268690705,"sku":"NLS9781845118525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845118529.jpg?v=1751985681"},{"product_id":"from-weimar-to-auschwitz-book-hans-mommsen-9780745605579","title":"From Weimar to Auschwitz","description":"In this book, Hans Mommsen addresses a major phenomenon in European history: the crisis of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism. 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Mommsen is one of the foremost political historians writing today, and these are some of his finest essays. Examining the problem of how the relatively hopeful beginnings of a German democracy in 1918 and 1919 ended finally in catastrophe, the pieces here confront major questions of human history: the viability of democracy, the nature of politics, and the origins of genocide. The name \"Auschwitz,\" writes Mommsen, \"symbolizes the almost inconceivable crimes committed by the Nazi regime against the European Jews. But it also represents the 'destruction of politics' which occurred under Nazism; the process by which the existing system of balancing divergent societal interests, however imperfect,\" was replaced by a \"rampage of ruthless violence, unparalleled brutality and the destruction of large areas of Europe.\" To locate the roots of the tragedy, Mommsen begins with the decline of the Brgertum and goes on to discuss such topics as generational conflict and \"class war\" in the Weimar Republic, the SPD, Heinrich Brning's still controversial role as German Chancellor, and the place of Hitler in the Nazi system. Also of great interest are the essays on German resistance to Hitler, Mommsen being a pioneer in research on this subject. The book ends with an essay on Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann trial. Throughout the work Mommsen suggests links between the crisis of the 1930s and political practices in contemporary Germany. 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