Examines the political mentality of ordinary Germans in one part of Hitler's Reich, covering popular responses to Nazi policy and ideology, socio-economic discontent, local and social variations, and other related topics.
Investigates why the Nazi party was so attractive to some people, what kind of people it attracted most, and what methods of propaganda were most successful.
from Auschwitz to Schindler : how history is bought, packaged, and sold
Cole, Tim
1999
Explores how and why the Holocaust has come to be one of the most talked about and often represented event of the twentieth century, and argues that the business of the Holocaust--movies, plays, museums, books, and other items--is causing the horrific reality of the extermination of the Jews to be forgotten.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American public opinion, and the war against Nazi Germany
Casey, Steven
2001
Traces the development of America's views and attitudes towards Nazi Germany, and discusses how public opinion impacted U.S. policy between 1941 and 1945.
Presents primary documents, including laws, court cases, personal testimonies, and others, that provide insights into the history of conflict over the issue of gay and lesbian rights in the United States, from colonial times to 2000.
Chronicles the efforts of the Makah tribe of Neah Bay on the most northwestern tip of America to unite and inspire their community in 1997 by staging a whale hunt, a tradition they had given up in the 1920s; discussing the difficulties they encountered due to inexperience, tribal infighting, animal rights protests,and the media.
The author discusses his visits to contemporary Dachau where he traveled in an attempt to discover how the people of the town live with the memories and the legacy of the death camp, and tells the story of Martin Zaidenstadt, an eighty-seven-year-old Holocaust survivor who, for years, has kept a daily vigil at the camp's crematorium.
