Hitler's Millennial Reich : Apocalyptic Belief and the Search for Salvation.
After World War I, German citizens sought not merely relief from the political, economic, social, and cultural upheaval which wracked Weimar Germany, but also mental salvation. With promises of order, prosperity, and community, Adolph Hitler fulfilled a profoundly spiritual need on behalf of those w...
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NYU Press,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nazism, Mtyh, and Meaning; 1 A World Turned Upside Down: Weimar Chaos andthe Culture of Apocalypse; 2 The Turning Point: Racial Apocalypse or Racial Salvation; 3 Seeing the Light: The Nazi Conversion Experienc; 4 Hitler as Messiah; 5 The Messiah Legitimated: Linking the Leader and the Led; Final Empire, Final War, Final Solution; Appendix: The Hitler Gospels andOld Guard Testimonials:Reconstructing a Mythical World; Notes; Index; About the Author.
