The Shaping of the Nazi State (RLE Nazi Germany & Holocaust) Routledge Library Editions: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Series

Representing the scholarship of historians who have largely based their findings on previously unpublished material, this volume (originally published in 1978) provides a critical and provocative assessment of many established opinions on significant themes related to the dramatic rise and development of Adolf Hitler?s Nazi Movement. The volume discusses among other things:

• The development of Hitler?s foreign policy ideas
• The contributions of Gottfried Feder and Gregor Strasser to the successful growth of the Nazi party
• The social composition of the Stormtroopers
• The bureaucratic structure of the Third Reich
• The character and scope of resistance within Germany to the regime

Introduction 1. The Evolution of Hitler’s Ideas on Foreign Policy, 1919-1925 2. Gottfried Feder and the NSDAP 3. ‘Der Fall Strasser’: Gregor Strasser, Hitler, and National Socialism 1930-1932 4. The Occupational Background of the SA’s Rank and File Membership During the Depression Years, 1929 to mid-1934 5. The Rise of the National Socialist Students’ Association and the Failure of Political Education in the Third Reich 6. The Nazi Organisation of Women 1933-39 7. The Oldenburg Crucifix Struggle of November 1936: A Case Study of Opposition in the Third Reich 8. Bureaucracy, Politics and the National Socialist State Jane Caplan 9. The German Film Industry and the New Order