After World War I, German citizens sought not merely relief from the political, economic, and cultural upheaval which wracked Weimar Germany, but also mental salvation. With promises of order, prosperity, and community, Adolph Hitler fulfilled a profoundly spiritual need on behalf of those who converted to Nazism, and thus became not only Führer, but Messiah. Redles illustrates how Hitler's apocalyptic prophecies of a coming "final battle" with the so-called Jewish Bolsheviks, one that was conceived to be a “war of annihilation,” was transformed into an equally eschatological “Final Solution”.

• Review of Hitler's Millennial Reich

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: NYU Press
Published on: 2008-11-01
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814776213

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Based on current research findings, this text is written for students and general readers who want a deeper understanding of this period in German history. It examines Hitler's role in the Third Reich, and covers:

• The economic, social, and political forces that made the rise of Nazism possible.
• The institutional, cultural, and social life of the Third Reich.
• The Second World War; and the Holocaust.

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