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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493709803321

Autore

Beck Hermann <1955->

Titolo

The fateful alliance [[electronic resource] ] : German conservatives and Nazis in 1933 : the Machtergreifung in a new light / / Hermann Beck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Berghahn Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-62670-1

9786612626708

0-85745-018-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Disciplina

943.086/2

Soggetti

Conservatism - Germany - History

National socialism

Electronic books.

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

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. [309]-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page-The Fateful Alliance; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1-Pragmatists versus Fundamentalists; Chapter 2-Uneasy Partners; Chapter 3-Consercatives and the NSDAP during the ""National Revolution"" of March 1933; Chapter 4-The Nazis and the Conservative Burgertum; Chapter 5-Between the Dictates of Conscience and Political Expediency; Chapter 6-Rebellion against the Inevitable; Chapter 7-Ignominious Demise; Epilogue; Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

On 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power - the decisive months between 30 January and 14 July 1933. The Machtergreifung is characterized here as a period of all-pervasive violence and lawlessness with incessant conflicts between Nazis and German Nationals and Nazi attacks on the conservative Bür