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Royals and the Reich : the princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petropoulos, Jonathan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Hessen, Philipp von, > 1896-
Hessen, Christoph von, > 1901-1943.
Princes > Germany > History > 20th century > Biography.
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
National socialism > Social aspects.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The interconnectedness of the nobility: strategies to preserve privilege through the Great War
  • The Princes Von Hessen during the Weimar Republic: tribulations, the high life, and Fascist flirtations
  • Nazi high society: making Hitler "Salonfähig" and helping the Nazis to power
  • A place in the Reich: princely careers in the Nazi state
  • Roles in an increasingly radical regime
  • Miscalculation and misfortune
  • Postwar justice: denazification and (partial) dispossession
  • Rebuilding a life: Schloss Fasanerie, financial viability, and burdens of the past
  • Understanding German princes in the twentieth century.