Guenter Lewy

Harmful and Undesirable

Book Censorship in Nazi Germany

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first English language study of book censorship in Nazi Germany, this book describes the way in which various state and party organizations in Germany exerted control over the creation, publication, and distribution of books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780190275280
• ISBN-10: 0190275286
• Artikelnr.: 47863070

Autorenporträt

Guenter Lewy is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts. His books include The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany and The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies, the recipient of a prize from the German Studies Association.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Book-Burning of 1933
* Part I. The Agencies of Control
* 3. The Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
* 4. The Reich Chamber of Literature
* 5. Gestapo and SD
* 6. The Party Commission for the Protection of National Socialist
Literature
* 7. Alfred Rosenberg: Hitler's Plenipotentiary for Ideological
Education
* Part II. The Practice of Censorship
* 8. The Reasons for Banning Books
* 9. Jewish Books
* 10. The Purge of the Libraries
* 11. Wartime Censorship
* 12. The Battle for Turf
* Part III. The Impact of Censorship
* 13. The Inner Emigration
* 14. Conclusion
* Abbreviations and Glossary
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index