1st Edition

A History of National Socialism (RLE Responding to Fascism)

By Konrad Heiden Copyright 1934
    464 Pages
    by Routledge

    464 Pages
    by Routledge

    Konrad Heiden was an influential journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Eras. He became an early critic of National Socialism after attending a party meeting in 1920. First published in English in 1934, A History of National Socialism provides a detailed account of the growth of the movement through the 1920’s until its assumption of full control of Germany in 1934. It argues that Nazi ideology was extremely pragmatic and able to accommodate a wide diversity of opinion in return for the unconditional support of Hitler as leader.

    Chronology of Principal Events Introduction  1. The Origin of National Socialism  2. Hitler’s Fight for the Party Leadership  3. The Leader: A portrait  4. The Troubles of a Leader  5. The Road to Power  6. Hitler in Opposition  7. The Crisis in Germany  8. The Withdrawal from the Reichstag  9. The Boxheim Document  10. A Man of Shadows: Franz von Papen  11. NSBO  12. The Reichstag Fire  13. Bavaria’s Last Effort at Resistance 14.Industrial Opposition  15. Cross against Swastika  16. An Anticipation of the Future  17. Forward into Legend

    Biography

    Konrad Heiden