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| Foreword, 1986 by Thomas Childers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Who Wrote the Life Histories? | |
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| General Comments | |
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| Historical | |
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| The Background of the Hitler Movement | |
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| The Revolution of 1918 | |
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| Reaction to the Revolution | |
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| The Versailles Treaty War | |
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| Prisoners and Occupation | |
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| Counter-Revolution Military organizations | |
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| Semi-military organizations Political groups | |
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| The First Period: 1919-1923 | |
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| Origin of the Movement | |
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| Hitler Becomes the Leader | |
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| The Hitler Putsch | |
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| The Second Period: 1924-1929 | |
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| After the Putsch Organization | |
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| Significance of the local group Propaganda Finances | |
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| The Third Period: 1930-1933 | |
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| Opposition Conflict Victory | |
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| Analytical | |
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| Discontent As a Factor | |
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| The Drawing Power of National Socialist Meetings | |
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| The Basis of Discontent Opposition to Other | |
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| Panics Ideology As a Factor | |
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| The Idea of Gemeinschaft National Socialism | |
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| The Principle of Leadership Anti-Semitism | |
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| The Why of the Hitler Movement | |
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| The Function of Discontent | |
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| The Functions of Ideology | |
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| The Function of Tactics and Strategy | |
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| The Function of Charismatic Leadership | |
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| Conclusion Critique of Other Interpretations | |
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| The psychoanalytical interpretation | |
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| The Marxist interpretation | |
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| Selected Life Histories | |
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| Six Life Histories Introduction | |
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| The Story of a Worker | |
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| The Story of an Anti-Semite | |
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| The Story of a Soldier | |
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| The Story of a Middle-Class Youth | |
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| The Story of a Bank Clerk | |
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| The Story of a Farmer | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Chronology of the Hitler Movement | |
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| Statistics The Growth of the Movement | |
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| Number of members in the National Socialist party | |
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| Number of supporters in elections General Statistical Data | |
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| Geographical distribution Education | |
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| Religion and marital status | |
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| History of employment (1919-32) | |
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| Military activities | |
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| Membership in organizations before joining the National Socialist party | |
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| Miscellaneous data | |
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| Index | |