Britain, Germany and the Road to the Holocaust - British Attitudes towards Nazi Atrocities

Zusammenfassung In the 1930s, the British public's emotional response to the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, including the bombing of Guernica, shaped the mass-politics of the age. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter One: The First World War and its AftermathGermans: ‘Frightfulness’Armenians: The last burst of indignationJews in Poland: A legacy of mistrustChapter Two: The Rehabilitation of GermanyPost-war violence: The atrocity backlash Growth of appeasement Rise of the Nazis: Working towards the GermansChapter Three: Unlikely Victims The League of Nations: Shanghai and AbyssiniaAtrocities in Spain: A moment of unity China: A forgotten campaignChapter Four: Jews under German rule: A hierarchy of compassionEscalating Terror: The reluctant road to war War: Splitting the Germans Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Russell Wallis, Russell (Royal Holloway University Wallis
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2014
• EAN: 9781780763453
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-345-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History; International Library of Twent; International Library of Twentieth Century History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories