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Petropoulos Jonathan |
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Royals and the Reich : the princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany / / Jonathan Petropoulos |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
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2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-979607-6 |
0-19-971319-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (545 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Princes - Germany - History - 20th century |
National socialism - Social aspects |
Germany History 1933-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note about Nomenclature; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Interconnectedness of the Nobility: Strategies to Preserve Privilege Through the Great War; 2 The Princes von Hessen during the Weimar Republic: Tribulations, the High Life, and Fascist Flirtations; 3 Nazi High Society: Making Hitler "salonfähig" and Helping the Nazis to Power; 4 A Place in the Reich: Princely Careers in the Nazi State; 5 Roles in an Increasingly Radical Regime; 6 Miscalculation and Misfortune; 7 Postwar Justice: Denazification and (Partial) Dispossession |
8 Rebuilding a Life: Schloss Fasanerie, Financial Viability, and Burdens of the PastConclusion: Understanding German Princes in the Twentieth Century; Appendix 1: High Nobility in the Nazi Party; Appendix 2: Geneological Tree of the Princes von Hessen-Kassel in the Twentieth Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Princes Philipp and Christoph von Hessen-Kassel, great-grandsons of Queen Victoria of England, had been humiliated by defeat in World War I and feared the social unrest wrought by the ineffectual Weimar Republic. Petropoulos shows how the princes, lured by prominent |
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