1st Edition
Hitler's Party Comrades The NSDAP Party Members, 1919–1945
By Jürgen W. Falter
Copyright 2026
504 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
504 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
504 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party’s membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.
This book examines how many members joined the party between 1919 and 1945 (over 10 million), how many left (more than 750,000), and how many the party lost... Read more
1. Who was allowed to become an NSDAP member? 2. Membership development 3. Demography of NSDAP members: gender, age, marital status, size of town and denomination 4. The social composition of party members 5. The special case of Austria 6. The Reichsgau Sudetenland 7. Entry and exit motives 8. Summary and conclusion
Biography
Jürgen W. Falter is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Mainz, Germany. He is one of the leading experts on the members and voters of the German Nazi party. His most important book on the topic is Hitlers Wähler (Hitler's Voters, 2nd ed. 2020).
