{"product_id":"hitlers-mein-kampf-and-the-holocaust-9781350185449","title":"Hitlers Mein Kampf and the Holocaust","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades scholars have pored over Hitler's autobiographical journey\/political treatise, debating if \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e has genocidal overtones and arguably led to the Holocaust. 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. Hi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith in-depth studies of \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e as a genre (an anti-Semitic Bildungsroman), analyses of its context, esthetics, and its religious overtones, this collection of essays illuminates the most lethal and darkest of books. The close readings of Hitler's language of crusade against the enemy and of his prophetic and apocalyptic discourse show how his breviary of hate led to the Holocaust, and how rhetorical violence can become a pathway to mass murder. * Clemence Boulouque, Carl and Bernice Witten Associate Professor in Jewish and Israel studies, Columbia University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHitler’s Mein Kampf and the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e is a very important anthology about one of the most influential books in modern world history, written by Adolf Hitler in 1923\/24 during his imprisonment in the small Bavarian town of Landsberg am Lech. 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. Mein Kampf: The Critical Edition in Historical Perspective, \u003ci\u003eMagnus Brechtken (Institute of Contemporary History, Germany) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. Maintaining Power\u003c\/b\u003e 4. Hitler, Leadership and The Holocaust, \u003ci\u003ePaul Bookbinder (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Violence in Mein Kampf: Tactic and Political Communication, \u003ci\u003eNathan Stoltzfus (Florida State University, USA) and Ryan Stackhouse (Independent Scholar, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III. Eugenics and Aesthetics in Mein Kampf\u003c\/b\u003e 6. Blood, Race and the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eJohn J. Michalczyk (Boston College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Degeneracy: Attack on Modern Art and Music, \u003ci\u003eRalf Yusuf Gawlick (Boston College, USA) and Barbara S. Gawlick (Boston College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV. Mein Kampf and the Crusade against Germany’s ‘Enemies’\u003c\/b\u003e 8. The Auroras of the Final Solution: Intimations of Genocide in Mein Kampf, \u003ci\u003eMichael Bryant (Bryant University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Pathway to the Shoah: The Protocols, ‘Jewish Bolshevism’, Rosenberg, Goebbels, Ford, and Hitler, \u003ci\u003eDavid Crowe (Chapman University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Marxism: Enemy of the People in the Political Party and Military System, \u003ci\u003eMelanie Murphy (Emmanuel College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Being Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf as Anti-Semitic Bildungsroman,\u003ci\u003e Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart V. Religious Overtones in Mein Kampf\u003c\/b\u003e 12. Mein Kampf: Catholic Authority and the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eMartin Menke (Rivier University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. The Apocalypse of Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf and the Eschatological Origins of the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eDavid Redles (Cuyahoga Community College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart VI. Epilogue\u003c\/b\u003e 14. 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","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hitlers-mein-kampf-and-the-holocaust-9781350185449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}