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Using previously unexplored sources from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the USA, Karina Urbach unravels the story of top-level go-betweens such as the Duke of Coburg, grandson of Queen Victoria, and the seductive Stephanie von Hohenlohe, who rose from a life of poverty in Vienna to become a princess and an intimate of Adolf Hitler. As Urbach shows, Coburg and other senior aristocrats were tasked with some of Germany''s most secret foreign policy missions from the First World War onwards, culminating in their role as Hitler''s trusted go-betweens, as he readied Germany for conflict during the 1930s -- and lat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating page-turner about Hitler's secret diplomacy in the 1930s, which was intended to secure British amity and then neutrality when he led Germany to war ... 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For the first time, \u003ci\u003eHitler's Mein Kampf and the Holocaust \u003c\/i\u003esees celebrated international scholars analyse the book from various angles to demonstrate how it laid the groundwork for the Shoah through Hitler's venomous attack on the Jews in his text. Split into three main sections which focus on contexts', eugenics' and religion',  the book reflects carefully on the point at which the Fuhrer's actions and policies turn genocidal during the Third Reich and whether \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e presaged Nazi Germany's descent into genocide. There are contributions from leading academics from across the United States and Germany, including Magnus Brechtken, Susannah Heschel and Nathan Stoltzfus, along with totally new insights into the source material in light of the 2016 German critical edition of \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e. 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After its first appearance in 1925 it was destined to unfold its fatal effect as an ideological manifest of National Socialism. The anthology sheds light on key aspects of the complex history of the impact of Mein Kampf and represents a standard work on this subject. * Stefan Paulus, Research Associate in Faculty of Philology and History, Augsburg University, Germany *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword, Timothy Ryback  Introduction  \u003cb\u003ePart I. The Mise en scène of Mein Kampf, 1924-2016\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Focus Landsberg: A Bavarian Town and its History Tied to Hitler, \u003ci\u003eKarla Schoenebeck (Independent Scholar, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Mein Kampf: Part of the Right-Winged German Post-War Literature, \u003ci\u003eOthmar Ploeckinger (Brandeis University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. 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Holocaust Education and (Early) Signs of the Erosion of Democracy, \u003ci\u003eTetyana Kloubert (Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e Appendices Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738601304407,"sku":"9781350185449","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350185449.jpg?v=1720049613"},{"product_id":"women-defying-hitler-9781350201545","title":"Women Defying Hitler","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis timely volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to explore the ways that women responded to situations of immense deprivation, need, and victimization under Hitler's dictatorship. 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Moreover, this volume is important not just for the rich empirical detail, but also for advancing theories regarding what constitutes resistance, what is unique about women's agency in such a context, and the complicated ways that women (and men) tried to push back and delegitimize a genocidal regime. Finally, the integration of several survivors' and descendants' testimonies adds to the import of this cutting-edge collection. * Eric Langenbacher, Teaching Professor of Government, Georgetown University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Foreword,\u003ci\u003e David Gill (New York German Consul-General, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e Women Defying Hitler: An Introduction, \u003ci\u003eMordecai Paldiel (Yeshiva University, USA) and Nathan Stoltzfus (Florida State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 1. 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