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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449834403321

Autore

Bergerson Andrew Stuart

Titolo

Ordinary Germans in extraordinary times [[electronic resource] ] : the Nazi revolution in Hildesheim / / Andrew Stuart Bergerson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07185-8

9786612071850

0-253-11123-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

943/.595

Soggetti

National socialism - Germany - Hildesheim

Ethnology - Germany - Hildesheim - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Hildesheim (Germany) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Eigensinn -- Civility -- Niveau -- The stroll -- A moral community -- Herrschaft -- Coordination -- Polarization -- Administration -- Epistemologies -- Conclusion: Dangerous deeds.

Sommario/riassunto

Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. Ordinary Germans in Extraordinary Times is a carefully drawn account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacted to events during the Nazi era. Andrew Stuart Bergerson                argues that ordinary Germans did in fact make Germany and Europe more fascist, more racist, and more modern during the 1930's, but they disguised their involvement behind a pre-existing veil of normalcy. Bergerson details a way of being, believing, and behavior