A village in the Third Reich : how ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism /
Boyd, Julia, 1948-
A village in the Third Reich : how ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism / A village in the 3rd Reich How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 459 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-444) and index.
"From the author of the international bestseller Travelers in the Third Reich comes A Village in the Third Reich, shining a light on the lives of ordinary people. Drawing on personal archives, letters, interviews and memoirs, it lays bare their brutality and love; courage and weakness; action, apathy and grief; hope, pain, joy, and despair. Within its pages we encounter people from all walks of life -- foresters, priests, farmers and nuns; innkeepers, Nazi officials, veterans and party members; village councilors, mountaineers, socialists, slave laborers, schoolchildren, tourists and aristocrats. We meet the Jews who survived -- and those who didn't; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was judged "not worth living." This is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams--but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs. These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history"--
9781639363780 1639363785
bl2023011923
Fascism--Social aspects--History.--Germany
Villages--Social life and customs--History.--Germany
Oberstdorf (Germany)--Social life and customs--History.
Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
A village in the Third Reich : how ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism / A village in the 3rd Reich How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 459 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-444) and index.
"From the author of the international bestseller Travelers in the Third Reich comes A Village in the Third Reich, shining a light on the lives of ordinary people. Drawing on personal archives, letters, interviews and memoirs, it lays bare their brutality and love; courage and weakness; action, apathy and grief; hope, pain, joy, and despair. Within its pages we encounter people from all walks of life -- foresters, priests, farmers and nuns; innkeepers, Nazi officials, veterans and party members; village councilors, mountaineers, socialists, slave laborers, schoolchildren, tourists and aristocrats. We meet the Jews who survived -- and those who didn't; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was judged "not worth living." This is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams--but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs. These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history"--
9781639363780 1639363785
bl2023011923
Fascism--Social aspects--History.--Germany
Villages--Social life and customs--History.--Germany
Oberstdorf (Germany)--Social life and customs--History.
Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.