“…Despite the upheavals in early twentieth-century Germany--the fall of the German Empire after the First World War, the tumultuous Weimar Republic, and the destructive Third Reich--the Civil Code remained the law of the land. After Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and the founding of East and West Germany, legislators in both states finally replaced the old law with new versions that expanded women's rights in marriage and the family. …”

“…"Drawing on twelve years of research in dozens of archives in Austria, Germany, Israel, and the United States, this book tells the story of five Jewish people--a merchant, a homemaker, a real estate broker, and two teenagers--who bravely resisted persecution and defended themselves in Nazi Germany. These stories have not been told until now, and each case is one of many, as Gruner shows by resurfacing similar accounts of Jewish refusal to accept persecution and violence in Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1943, upending the notion of passive Jews and expanding the concept of resistance. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Some Thoughts on Social Control in "Totalitarian" Society : The Case of Nazi Germany / Eric A. Johnson -- 12. Social Control in Fascist Italy : The Role of the Police / Jonathan Dunnage -- 13. …”

“…Drawing on the latest archival research and a wealth of eyewitness testimony, Hill portrays the Red Army at war from the perspective of senior leaders and men and women at the front line to reveal how the Red Army triumphed over the forces of Nazi Germany and her allies on the Eastern Front, and why it did so at such great cost…”

“…Evans, author of the acclaimed Third Reich Trilogy and over a dozen other volumes on modern Europe, is our preeminent scholar of Nazi Germany. Having spent half a century searching for the truths behind one of the most horrifying episodes in human history, in Hitler's People he brings us back to the original site of the Nazi movement-namely, the lives of its important and representative figures. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Würde des Menschen: restoring human dignity in post-Nazi Germany / Christoph Goos -- Hermeneutic and literary remarks on the Objektformel as a tool of critical reflection in practicing the law of human dignity / Matthildi Chatzipanagiotou -- Balancing human dignity : human dignity as a principle and as a constitutional right / Nils Teifke -- Dignity in administrative law : judicial deference in a culture of justification / David Dyzenhaus -- The dispute about human dignity and ethical absolutism in the field of fundamental and human rights protection : defending a deontic understanding of rights / Jochen von Bernstorff -- Developing a modern understanding of human dignity / Roger Brownsword -- Problem areas in the dignity debate and the ensemble theory of human dignity / Eric Hilgendorf -- Towards progressive human dignity / Tim Wihl -- PART III: VARIATIONS. …”

“…It also explores the decline and scientific disputation of these ideas in the 1930s as they came to be associated with the ‘genetic cleansing’ of Nazi Germany. This is the first comprehensive study on Norwegian physical anthropology, and its findings shed new light on current political and scientific debates about race across the globe…”

“…It concentrates on the ways in which the subjects and experiences of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism are conceived by eight German thinkers from the Continental tradition. …”

“…Counter Inhumanities is an unprecedented account of the ways Nazi Germany manipulated and mobilized European literature, philosophy, painting, sculpture and music in support of its ideological ends. …”
Sumario

“…Roosevelt played a key role in that development, first by using the Bill of Rights to justify the expansion of national regulation under the New Deal, and then by transforming the Bill of Rights into a patriotic rallying cry against Nazi Germany. It was only after the Cold War began that the Bill of Rights took on its modern form as the most powerful symbol of the limits on government power. …”

“…reflects Sempruns disconcertion caused by his awareness of the parallel existence of concentration camps in Nazi-Germany and in the Soviet Union. "L ́ecriture ou la vie" and "Le mort qu ́il faut", for their part, are written by an author who considers himself as survivor and witness. …”

“…The publication is a contribution to the discussion of institutional and personnel tools of ideological use of ethnography and related scientific disciplines by Nazi Germany in the 1940s in the intentions of its foreign policy plans. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Montana -- 27: Slavery in Islamic West Africa; Jennifer Lofkrantz -- 28: Urban East African Slavery; Michelle Liebst -- 29: Slavery in South Asia; Emma Kalb -- 30: Slavery in Southeastern Europe; Viorel Achim -- 31: Injection: The Global Spread of Abolitionism; William Mulligan -- Part 5: Contemporary Societies (1900-Present) -- 32: American Slaveries since Emancipation; Catherine Armstrong -- 33: Slavery in French West Africa; Benedetta Rossi -- 34: Slave Labor in Nazi Germany; Marc Buggeln -- 35: State-introduced Slavery in Soviet Forced Labor Camps; Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal -- 36: North Korean Slavery and Forced Labor in Present-Day Europe; Remco Breuker -- 37: Modern Slavery in the Global Economy; Bruno Lamas -- 38: Injection: Modern Slavery and Political Strategy; Joel Quirk -- 39: Conclusion: Situating Slavery Studies in the Field of Global History; Juliane Schiel…”

“…The author examines the impact of World War I, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany on Perls' development as a creative and unconventional thinker. …”

“…Even before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese government and people to the Jews was totally different than that of the official German position and that it had no intention of taking measures against the Jews that could be seen as racially motivated. …”

“…Written in the years 1934/35, they document Horváth's struggle to find an adequate response to Nazi Germany and to re-position himself as an author and dramatist. …”

“…By analyzing perceptions of the war in contexts ranging from Nazi Germany to India's struggle for independence, this is an illuminating collective study of the complex interplay of memory and history…”

“…Besides episodes in the history of psychoanalysis in politically troubled times, the chapters in the book explore the full variety of "psy" disciplines in dictatorships and authoritarian regimes such as Nazi Germany, East European communist regimes, a Latin-American military dictatorship, and the South African apartheid regime, discussing psychology's role in legitimating and "normalizing" dictatorships. …”

“…The contributions highlight different facets of the OIAA's wide range of operations, but they focus on those activities that aimed at influencing public opinion in support of overarching U.S. policy goals This volume revisits one of the major efforts undertaken by the United States government to manage public opinion both at home and abroad. In 1940, as Nazi Germany was subjugating ever greater territories in Europe and beyond, the U.S. government sought to secure Latin America's allegiance and assistance in the upcoming war. …”