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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817316803321

Autore

Gerhard Gesine <1969->

Titolo

Nazi hunger politics : a history of food in the Third Reich / / Gesine Gerhard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-2724-9

1-4422-2725-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.8/56094309043

Soggetti

Food supply - Government policy - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism - Social aspects

World War, 1939-1945 - Food supply - Germany

Food - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Food - Social aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Food - Symbolic aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Hunger - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Hunger - Social aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Germany Politics and government 1933-1945

Germany Social conditions 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Food played a central role in the Third Reich, to satisfy the daily needs of the people, to prepare Germany for war, to decrease the country's dependence on food imports and as the foundation of a racial ideology that justified the murder of millions of Jews, prisoners of war and Slavs. This book is the first to address the topic of food during the Nazi Reich in a comprehensive way. It illustrates the importance of food in Nazi ideology, its use as a justification for war and as a tool in the genocide of Jews, civilians and Soviet soldier"--Provided by publisher.