Hitler''s Party Comrades - The Nsdap Party Members, 19191945

This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition and the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.

List of contents

1. Who was allowed to become an NSDAP member? 2. Membership development 3. Demography of NSDAP members: gender, age, marital status, size of town and denomination 4. The social composition of party members 5. The special case of Austria 6. The Reichsgau Sudetenland 7. Entry and exit motives 8. Summary and conclusion

About the author

Jürgen W. Falter is professor emeritus of political science, University of Mainz, Germany. He is one of the leading experts on the members and voters of the German Nazi party. His most important book on the topic is Hitlers Wähler (Hitler's Voters, 2nd ed. 2020).

Product details

• Authors: Jurgen W. Falter, Jürgen W. Falter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032872940
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287294-0
• No. of pages: 628
• Series: Routledge Studies in Second World War History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Europe, Eastern Europe, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, HISTORY / Military / United States, General & world history, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jewish Studies, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, Regional Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Regional / International studies, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Marxism & Communism, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY / Russia / General