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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.
Table des matières
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
A propos de l'auteur
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).