Bestsellers of the Third Reich - Readers, Writers and the Politics of Literature

Originally published in German as Lesen unter Hitler: Autoren, Bestseller, Leser im Dritten Reich by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH & Co. KG, Kèoln.

About the author

Christian Adam is Head of the Publications Department at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr. His previous publications include Der Traum vom Jahre Null: Autoren, Bestseller, Leser (Galiani 2016).

Summary

Christian Adam examines how books came into being under the Nazis, how they became bestsellers—sometimes against the will of the rulers—and which books were actually read. He writes the history of the bestsellers in the darkest epoch of the German past, thus opening a new perspective on the mentality of the Germans between 1933 and 1945.

Product details

• Authors: christian Adam, Adam Christian
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781800730397
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-039-7
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Social & cultural history, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Literature: history and criticism, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General