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Family punishment in Nazi Germany : Sippenhaft, terror and myth / Robert Loeffel

Publication | Library Call Number: DD256.7 .L64 2012
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"In the Third Reich, political dissidents were not the only ones liable to be punished for their crimes. Their parents, siblings and relatives also risked reprisals. This concept - known as Sippenhaft - was based in ideas of blood and purity. This definitive study surveys the threats, fears and infliction of this part of the Nazi system of terror"-- Provided by publisher.

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Book
Author/Creator
Loeffel, Robert.
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language
English
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x, 258 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Contents
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Introduction: Sippenhaft, Terror and Fear : The Historiography of the Nazi Terror State
The Consent and Coercion Debate
Method of Transmission
Importance of Rumour in Nazi Germany
Outline of this Book
A Word on Sources
Conclusion
PART I: SIPPENHAFT AND GERMAN SOCIETY, 1933-1945
Sippenhaft and the Rise to Power
Sippenhaft and Resistance during Second World War
The German Home Front after Stalingrad
Conclusion
PART II: "IMPRISONMENT OF RELATIVES, LIFE OR LIBERTY" : SIPPENHAFT AND THE WEHRMACHT
The Foundation of Sippenhaft in the Wehrmacht
Sippenhaft and the Wehrmacht, 1939-1944
Sippenhaft against Volksdeutche Germans
Sippenhaft after the 20 July 1944
Codification of Terror
Conclusion
PART III: SIPPENHAFT AND THE NKFD AND THE BDO
Background
The German Reaction
Cherkassy
Effect of 20 July 1944 181
The Limits of Sippenhaft
Sippenhaft and the Political Significance of the NKFD and BDO
Conclusion
PART IV: "IF A MAN IN THIS REICH IS UNTRUE, THEN HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE PUNISHED"
Sippenhaft and the 20 July 1944
Establishing Sippenhaft and 20 July 1944
Sippenhaft put into Effect
Continuing Rhetoric, Fear, Expansion and Limitations of Sippenhaft
The Fate of the von Stauffenberg Family
The Transformation of Sippenhaft and the 20 July 1944
Challenging Terror: Interventions, Representations and Release
Confusion and Fear
Those that Remained in Sippenhaft Detention
Conclusion
PART V: SIPPENHAFT KINDERHEIM : THE CHILDREN IN BAD SACHSA
The Sippenhaft Prisoners of Bad Sachsa
Life in the Camp: Determining Intention
A Change of Plan
Conclusion
Bibliography.
ISBN
9780230343054
0230343058 (hardback)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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