Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature.

Intro -- Nazi Characters in German Propaganda and Literature -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Conceptualization of Nazi Figures after the First World War -- The Utopian Typology of a Nazi State and Its Citizens -- The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party -- Artur Dinter's Anti-Semitic Novel Die Sünde wider das Blut -- Hans F.K. Günther's Racial Theory in Rassenkunde des deutschen Volkes -- Adolf Hitler's Autobiographical Manifesto Mein Kampf -- Alfred Rosenberg's Racialized Cultural History Der Mythus des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts -- Critical Responses to the Nazi Typology -- Hans Reimann's and Hugo Bettauer's Political Satires -- Joseph Roth's Society Novel Das Spinnennetz -- Gertrud Kolmar's Novella Die Jüdische Mutter -- 2 Contested Nazi Characters -- Literature Exploring the Turning Point of 1932/3 through Nazi Figures -- Lion Feuchtwanger's Family Saga Die Geschwister Oppenheim -- Ferdinand Bruckner's Drama Die Rassen -- Friedrich Wolf's Drama Professor Mamlock -- Transfigured Germans. Leni Riefenstahl's Celebration of the National Community in the Propaganda Film Triumph des Willens -- Representations of Nazi Characters in Exile Literature -- Hermynia Zur Mühlen's Novel Unsere Töchter, die Nazinen -- Klaus Mann's Roman á Clef Mephisto -- Bertolt Brecht's Epic Drama Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches -- Veza Canetti's Novel Die Schildkröten -- Anna Seghers's Narrative Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen -- 3 The Problem of Nazi Identity and Representation after 1945 -- Processing Defeat -- The Memoir of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höß -- Marta Hillers's Anonymous Memoir Eine Frau in Berlin -- Ingeborg Bachmann's Wartime Diary Kriegstagebuch -- Writing about Nazis-A Postwar Dilemma -- Carl Zuckmayer's Drama Des Teufels General.

Wolfgang Borchert's Play Drauβen vor der Tür -- Heinrich Böll's Narrative Der Zug war pünktlich -- Ilse Aichinger's Novel Die gröβere Hoffnung -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Antifascist literature repurposed Nazi stereotypes to express opposition. These stereotypes became adaptable ideological signifiers during the political struggles in interwar Germany and Austria, and they remain integral elements in today's cultural imagination.

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