Family Punishment in Nazi Germany: Sippenhaft, Terror and Myth

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Springer, 29 may 2012 - 258 páginas
In the Third Reich, political dissidents were not the only ones liable to be punished for their crimes. Their parents, siblings and relatives also risked reprisals. This concept - known as Sippenhaft – was based in ideas of blood and purity. This definitive study surveys the threats, fears and infliction of this part of the Nazi system of terror.
 

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Sippenhaft Terror and Fear The Historiography of the Nazi Terror State
1
1 Sippenhaft and German Society 19331945
20
2 imprisonment of relatives life or liberty Sippenhaft and the Wehrmacht
53
3 Sippenhaft and the NKFD and the BDO
91
4 if a man in this Reich is untrue then he and his family will be punished Sippenhaft and the 20 July 1944 Plot
121
The Children of Bad Sachsa
167
Conclusion
184
List of Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography
191
Notes
192
Bibliography
233
Glossary
247
Index
249
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DR ROBERT LOEFFEL was born in Sydney, Australia. He studied and taught at the University of New South Wales, where he holds a Visiting Research Fellowship. His research is focussed on German and Australian contemporary history. He has published in various journals including Contemporary European History and German History.

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