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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829149803321

Autore

Petropoulos Jonathan

Titolo

Royals and the Reich : the princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany / / Jonathan Petropoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006

2006

ISBN

0-19-979607-6

0-19-971319-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 p.)

Disciplina

943.086/086/21

Soggetti

Princes - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism - Social aspects

Germany History 1933-1945

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



positions in the Nazi regime and highly susceptible to nationalist appeals, became enthusiastic supporters of Hitler. Permitted access to Hessen family private papers and the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, Petropoulos follows the story of the House of Hesse through to its tragic denouement--the princes' betrayal and persecution