- Summary
- "Food played a central role in the Third Reich, to satisfy the daily needs of the people, to prepare Germany for war, to decrease the country's dependence on food imports and as the foundation of a racial ideology that justified the murder of millions of Jews, prisoners of war and Slavs. This book is the first to address the topic of food during the Nazi Reich in a comprehensive way. It illustrates the importance of food in Nazi ideology, its use as a justification for war and as a tool in the genocide of Jews, civilians and Soviet soldier"--Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Rowman & Littlefield studies in food and gastronomy
Studies in food and gastronomy.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Gerhard, Gesine, 1969- author.
- Published
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Food in Nazi ideology
Eating at home : food rationing and the Nazi diet
Herbert Backe at the center of food politics
Operation Barbarossa and the starvation of the Soviet Union
The science of food
The hunger years after the war (1945-48)
Epilogue.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Food in Nazi ideology -- Eating at home : food rationing and the Nazi diet -- Herbert Backe at the center of food politics -- Operation Barbarossa and the starvation of the Soviet Union -- The science of food -- The hunger years after the war (1945-48) -- Epilogue.
