03112nam 2200517 450 991082914980332120200520144314.00-19-979607-60-19-971319-7(CKB)2550000001204380(EBL)4702516(MiAaPQ)EBC4702516(Au-PeEL)EBL4702516(CaPaEBR)ebr11273608(OCoLC)960164487(EXLCZ)99255000000120438020161014h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRoyals and the Reich the princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany /Jonathan PetropoulosOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2006.20061 online resource (545 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533927-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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) Dispossession8 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; ZPrinces 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 PrincesGermanyHistory20th centuryBiographyNational socialismSocial aspectsGermanyHistory1933-1945PrincesHistoryNational socialismSocial aspects.943.086/086/21Petropoulos Jonathan1675701MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829149803321Royals and the Reich4041396UNINA