Chapter 12. Lessons about War: Mourning and Victimhood in Weimar Germany

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. List of Figures IX
4. Acknowledgments XII
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Schooling in Wilhelmine Germany
7. Chapter 1. Schools and Schoolbooks in Wilhelmine Germany 11
8. Chapter 2. Religious Education in German Schools 18
9. Chapter 3. Community: Ordinary Stories and Moral Obligation 34
10. Chapter 4. Homeland, Fatherland, and Distant Lands: Spaces of Belonging 44
11. Chapter 5. Royal Representation of the Nation 67
12. Chapter 6. Lessons about War: Sacrifice and Nationhood in Wilhelmine Germany 84
13. Part II. Schooling in the Weimar Republic
14. Chapter 7. Schools and Schoolbooks in Weimar Germany 103
15. Chapter 8. Weimar-Era Religious Instruction: Continuity and Reform 110
16. Chapter 9. Lessons about Community in Weimar Schools: Strong-Armed Men and Dutiful Children 128
17. Chapter 10. Where is the German’s Fatherland? Within and beyond the Weimar Borders 136
18. Chapter 11. Representing the Republic: The Limits of Civic Education 152
19. Chapter 12. Lessons about War: Mourning and Victimhood in Weimar Germany 163
20. Part III. Schooling under the Nazi Dictatorship
21. Chapter 13. Schools and Schoolbooks in Nazi Germany 177
22. Chapter 14. Christian Education in Nazi Schools 187
23. Chapter 15. Lessons about Community in the Racial State 214
24. Chapter 16. Lebensraum in the Classroom 241
25. Chapter 17. The Hitler Myth for Children 258
26. Chapter 18. Learning to Imagine War, Again 275
27. Conclusion 288
28. Bibliography 294
29. Index 331