Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Working toward a National Nazi Community 1
5. I. The Strategy of Hitler’s “ Legal Course” to Power: Limiting Force to Maximize Its Effect 24
6. II. Contested Mobilizations: Bishops versus Nazis in the Battle for the People 52
7. III. Germany’s Confessional Divide and the Struggle for Catholic Youth 80
8. IV. Street Demonstrations: Toward Using the Leader’s Tactics 109
9. V. Führer Power and the 1938 Military Conspiracy against Hitler 141
10. VI. Challenges on the Home Front: Nazi Leadership and “Euthanasia” 174
11. VII. “The People Know Where to Find the Leadership’s Soft Spot”: Air Raid Evacuations, Popular Protest, and Hitler’s Soft Strategies 207
12. VIII. Germany’s Rosenstrasse and the Fate of Mixed Marriages 244
13. Conclusion 261
14. Afterword on Historical Research: Back to the “Top Down”? 274
15. Notes 299
16. Acknowledgments 397
17. Index 399