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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480469303321

Autore

Berghoff Hartmut

Titolo

The respectable career of Fritz K. : the making and remaking of a provincial Nazi leader / / Hartmut Berghoff and Cornelia Rauh ; translated by Casey Butterfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015

©2015

Edizione

[English-language edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

Studies in German History ; ; Volume 18

Disciplina

324.243

324.2430238092

Soggetti

Nazis - Germany - Trossingen

Industrialists - Germany - Trossingen

National socialism - Germany - Württemberg

Denazification

Electronic books.

Trossingen (Germany) Biography

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Respectable Career of Fritz K. ; Contents; Figures and Tables ; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Kiehn's Rise to the Middle Class ; Chapter 2 Rapid Ascent through the Nazi Ranks ; Chapter 3 Between Gleichschaltung and the Party Purge of 1934 ; Chapter 4 Riding Nazi Party Coattails ; Chapter 5 Between Corruption and Camaraderie ; Chapter 6 Kiehn and Gustav Schickedanz in the Race for Aryanization ; Chapter 7 Wartime Deals and "Marriage Politics" ; Chapter 8 "The King of Trossingen" ; Chapter 9 From "War Criminal No. 1" to Sought-After Employer

Chapter 10 "Scot-Free, by the Skin of Their Teeth" Chapter 11 "Ripe for Satire" ; Chapter 12 "Kiehn Left No One Behind"?; Chapter 13 Honored Citizen Again ; Chapter 14 The Twilight Years of an Honored West German; Chapter 15 Coming to Terms with the Past in the Twenty-First Century ; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

List of FiguresForewordAbbreviations  Introduction  Chapter 1. Kiehn's



Rise to the Middle Class: A Traveling Salesman Becomes a Factory OwnerChapter 2. Rapid Ascent through the Nazi Ranks: From Local Party Leader to Reichstag DelegateChapter 3. Fritz Kiehn, ""Leader of the Wurttemberg Economy""Chapter 4. Riding Nazi Party Coattails: Kiehn's Industrial AmbitionsChapter 5. Between Corruption and Camaraderie: The National Socialist Campaign to Curb AbusesChapter 6. Kiehn and Gustav Schickedanz in the Race for AryanizationChapter 7. Wartime Deals and ""Marriage Politics""Chapter 8. ""The King of