Inside Nazi Germany: Conformity, Opposition and Racism in Everyday Life

Detlev J. K. Peukert

ISBN 10: 0140228454 / ISBN 13: 9780140228458

Published by Penguin Books, London, 1987

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Daily existence in Nazi Germany meant for most a blend of grumbling and accommodation with the regime and a withdrawal into a 'non-political' private life. Few were brave resisters, mainly workers and young people, while the targets, apart from Jews, were the so-called work-shy, gypsies, gays, jazz fans and 'hooligans' (but not Nazi 'hooligans'!). Photos. 288 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £5.80.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inside Nazi Germany: Conformity, Opposition and Racism in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140228454
• ISBN 13: 9780140228458
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book examines how the German people really lived under the Nazis, and their reactions to the regime, ranging from conformity to outright resistance. The characteristic popular response was not enthusiasm, but a blend of grumbling and accommodation accompanied by a widespread withdrawal into a "non-political" private life. The author's main theme is to emphasize the ironies, contraditions, conflicts and sheer muddle of Nazism, a combination that allowed the Third Reich to preside not only over the barbarism of the final solution, but also despite Nazism's anti-modernist image, over a process of modernization in the German economy and society. This book examines how the German people really lived under the Nazis, and their reactions to the regime, ranging from conformity to outright resistance. The characteristic popular response was not enthusiasm, but a blend of grumbling and accommodation accompanied by a widespread withdrawal into a "non-political" private life. The author's main theme is to emphasize the ironies, contraditions, conflicts and sheer muddle of Nazism, a combination that allowed the Third Reich to preside not only over the barbarism of the final solution, but also despite Nazism's anti-modernist image, over a process of modernization in the German economy and society.