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Suicide in Nazi Germany
Christian Goeschel
264 pages
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16 line graphs and 6 integrated half-tones
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234x156mm
978-0-19-953256-8
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Hardback
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26 February 2009
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- Illuminates the massive wave of suicides that swept Nazi Germany, including the mass suicides of German Jews during the Holocaust
- Examines what this can tell us about the peculiar self-destructiveness of the Third Reich and the depths of Nazi fanaticism
- Shows how suicides among different population groups responded to the social, cultural, economic, and political context of the time
- Richly grounded in gripping and previously unpublished source material such as suicide notes and police investigations
The Third Reich met its end in the spring of 1945 in an unparalleled wave of suicides. Hitler, Goebbels, Bormann, Himmler and later Goering all killed themselves. These deaths represent only the tip of an iceberg of a massive wave of suicides that also touched upon ordinary lives. As this suicide epidemic has no historical precedent or parallel, it can tell us much about the Third Reich's peculiar self-destructiveness and the depths of Nazi fanaticism.
Christian Goeschel looks at the suicides of both Nazis and ordinary people in Germany between 1918 and 1945, from the end of
World War I until the end of World War II, including the mass suicides of German Jews during the Holocaust. He shows how suicides among different population groups, including supporters, opponents, and victims of the regime, responded to the social, cultural, economic and, political context of the time. He also analyses changes and continuities in individual and societal responses to suicide over time, especially with regard to the Weimar Republic and the post-1945 era.
Richly grounded in gripping and previously unpublished source material such as suicide notes and police investigations, the book offers a new perspective on the central social and political crises of the era, from revolution, economic collapse, and the rise of the Nazis, to Germany's total defeat in
1945.Readership: Scholars and students of Modern German History. General readership interested in the Third Reich, the Holocaust and the phenomenon of suicide.
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Christian Goeschel, AHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London
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"A valuable contribution to recent scholarship on suicide in historical perspective...A successful analysis of suicide as an individual decision, and as a social and cultural phenomenon." - Julia S. Torrie, English Historical Review. "fascinating..." - Richard Overy, Daily Telegraph "...superb... With a particularly keen eye for the quotation that brings personal experience to life, Goeschel has painstakingly collected and shrewdly interpreted a rich vein of previously unused archive sources." - Cornelie Usborne, Times Higher Education Supplement "Christian Goeschel's clear and compelling account handles a difficult subject with care and sensitivity. It combines considerable
scholarship with enviable clarity of focus, and contributes significantly to our understanding of invididual and collective mentalities in Nazi Germany." - Tim Kirk, Times Literary Supplement "A unique analysis...placing suicides within an historical context, which Goeschel sensitively and eloquently accomplishes, can offer a broader understanding of the social and political realities affecting the German population during this time period, thus making Suicide in Nazi Germany a significant contribution to the sometimes contentious historiographical debates in modern German history." - Sharyn Schmitz, American Association of Suicidology "... carefully researched..." - Franziska Augstein, Sueddeutsche
Zeitung "Christian Goeschel addresses a fascinating topic that opens up new perspectives...[and] significantly enriches our picture of the history of the self under National Socialism." - Andreas Killen, American Historical Review "A fascinating assessment of the culture of suicide in nazi Germany" - Norman J.W. Goda, Journal of Contemporary History "Provides interesting insights into the history of the Weimar Republic as well as the history of Nazi Germany...a useful book for historians [of both]." - Paul Bookbinder, European History Quarterly.
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Introduction
1: The Weimar Background
2: Suicide under the Swastika, 1933-1939
3: Suicides of German Jews, 1933-1945
4: War-time suicides, 1939-1944
5: Downfall
Conclusion
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