From Weimar to Hitler: Studies in the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1932–1934

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Though often depicted as a rapid political transformation, the Nazi seizure of power was in fact a process that extended from the appointment of the Papen cabinet in the early summer of 1932 through the Röhm blood purge two years later. Across fourteen rigorous and carefully researched chapters, From Weimar to Hitler offers a compelling collective investigation of this critical period in modern German history. Each case study presents new empirical research on the crisis of Weimar democracy, the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, and Hitler’s consolidation of power. Together, they provide multiple perspectives on the extent to which the triumph of Nazism was historically predetermined or the product of human miscalculation and intent. From Weimar to Hitler......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Abbreviations......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Chapter 1. Taming the Nazi Beast......Page 32 Chapter 2. Ausnahmezustand, Staatsnotstandsplan, and Ermächtigungsgesetz......Page 61 Chapter 3. Ludwig Kaas and the End of the German Center Party......Page 88 Chapter 4. The Nazi Seizure of Power in Bavaria and the Demise of the Bavarian People’s Party......Page 120 Chapter 5. German Big Business and the National Revolution, 1933-34......Page 150 Chapter 6. Violence against “Ostjuden” in the Spring of 1933 and the Reaction of German Authorities......Page 172 Chapter 7. The SA in the Gleichschaltung......Page 203 Chapter 8. Nationalist Socialism against National Socialism?......Page 231 Chapter 9. Nationalism, Socialism, & Organized Labor’s Response to the Weimar Republic's Dissolution......Page 257 Chapter 10. From Collegiality to the Führerprinzip......Page 290 Chapter 11. Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and the Protestant Appeasement of the Nazi Regime, 1933-34......Page 319 Chapter 12. In Search of Allies......Page 348 Chapter 13. German Youth between Euphoria and Resistance......Page 375 Chapter 14. “German Youth, Your Leader!”......Page 403 Conclusion......Page 427 Index......Page 444