Heroisation and Demonisation in the Third Reich: The Consensus‐building Value of a Nazi Pantheon of Heroes
This article assesses the construction, characteristics and reception of a Nazi pantheon of heroes. It explores the relationship between villains and heroes in the internal dynamics of Nazi ideology before turning to consider three questions. First, did Nazism generate a fundamental transformation o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2007
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Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 523-546 |
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| Summary: | This article assesses the construction, characteristics and reception of a Nazi pantheon of heroes. It explores the relationship between villains and heroes in the internal dynamics of Nazi ideology before turning to consider three questions. First, did Nazism generate a fundamental transformation of the German national pantheon of heroes? Second, did the Nazis have a cohesive vision of who should populate that pantheon, and why? Third, was non‐ and anti‐Nazi hero‐worship obliterated in the Third Reich? |
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| ISSN: | 1743-9647 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Totalitarian movements and political religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14690760701571155 |