Political Science100
Introduction to PoliticalScience
Professor William A.Joseph
Sources: Weimar & NaziGermany
Professor William A.Joseph
Sources: Weimar & NaziGermany
Articles, Chapters, andBooks:
Berman, Sheri. "Civil Society andthe Collapse of the Weimar Republic," World Politics 49 (April 1997),401-429. (Access via Project Muse)
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Informed Heart: Autonomy in the Mass Age. Glencoe, IL: 1960.
Goldhagen, Daniel. Hitler'sWilling Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust. New York,1996.
Hunt, Richard M. "Hitler," in JoelKrieger, William A. Joseph, et. al. (eds.), The Oxford Companion toPolitics of the World, New York, 1993.
Ka-tzetnik 135633. House of Dolls. Translated from the Hebrew by Moshe M. Kohn. New York, 1955. One of the most terrifying of all Holocaust books: "Ka-tzetnik's book is based on a diary kept by a young Jewess who was captured in Poland when she was fourteen years old and subjected to enforced prostitution in a Nazi labour camp. It is a terrible story, which, nevertheless, should be read; it shows the depths of bestiality to which Germans sank under Hitler during World War II. The story would be incredible were not the authenticity of its background undisputed" from http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jimthing/tales.htm.
Lifton, Robert Jay. The NaziDoctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide. New York,1986. Excerpts: "WhatMade This Man? Mengele?"from The New York Times Magazine, Sunday, July 21, 1985.
Lipset, Seymour Martin. PoliticalMan: The Social Bases of Politics. Baltimore, 1981.
Scheele, Godfrey. The WeimarRepublic: Overture to the Third Reich. London, 1946.
Segre, Claudio G. "Fascism," inJoel Krieger, William A. Joseph, et. al. (eds.), The Oxford Companionto Politics of the World, New York, 1993.
Shirer, William. The Rise and Fallof the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. New York,1960.
Toland, John. Adolph Hitler.Garden City, NY, 1976.
InternetSources:
Recommended background:
Internet History Sourcebook: Naziism (Fordham University)
Lebensborn: The Nazi Effort to Breed a Pure Race
United States National Holocaust Museum
Videos:
"Of Pure Blood: An Investigation into the Creation of a Super Race" Through interviews and Nazi film footage, this tape traces the history of Hitler's attempts to breed the perfect Aryan race. Title on container: Lebensborn: the secret Nazi plan to create a super raceA film by Clarissa Henry and Marc Hillel; a co-production of Agence de Presse Film Television and Agence Francaise D'Images, Paris; Oak Forest, IL: MPI Home Video, c1989. 100 min. CALL #HQ755.G4 O3 1989
"The Triumph of the Will" Directed by Leni Riefenstahl. This film was commissioned in 1934 to record the Nazi party rallies at Nuremberg. Included are many scenes of gatherings, marches, and parades. The viewer will also hear speeches given by Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, and Hess. Included also are samples of monumental architecture designed by Albert Speer. German with English subtitles. 110 minutes. CALL #DD253.27 .T748 1986 (Available in DVD & VHS.)
"Bent" Pursued and captured by the Nazis because he is gay, Max is placed in a concentration camp where he meets another gay prisoner and learns a life-altering lesson about human love. Starring Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Brian Webber, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger; Director, Sean Mathias; producers, Michael Solinger, Dixie Linder; screenplay, Martin Sherman; Based on the play, Bent, by Martin ShermanMGM Home Entertainment, 1996. Videocassette (104 min.) Call # PN1997 .B46718 1996
"The Nasty Girl" (Das Schreckliche Mädchen). 1989. Sonja, "The Nasty Girl," undertakes a school project to investigate her town's past. In this provocative comedy, she discovers many secrets -- secrets the town wants left that way.Note In German with English subtitles. Screenplay and direction, Michael Verhoeven. With Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner Videocassette (94 min.) Call # PN1997 .S3732 1990