"A pioneering study."--German Studies Review
"A unique analysis of how ordinary Germans responded to the political, social and economic crises of Nazism...A significant contribution to the sometimes contentious historiographical debates in modern German history."--Association of Suicidology
"Opens up new perspectives on the history of National Socialism...[Goeschel's] analysis rests on an extensive collection of suicide notes and police reports that offer fascinating glimpses into the inner life of individuals caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi's efforts to forge a new Volksgemeinschaft...[this] study, by using suicide notes 'to bring the individual back into history,' significantly enriches our picture of the history of the self
under National Socialism."--American Historical Review
Review
"A pioneering study."--German Studies Review
"A unique analysis of how ordinary Germans responded to the political, social and economic crises of Nazism...A significant contribution to the sometimes contentious historiographical debates in modern German history."--Association of Suicidology
"Opens up new perspectives on the history of National Socialism...[Goeschel's] analysis rests on an extensive collection of suicide notes and police reports that offer fascinating glimpses into the inner life of individuals caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi's efforts to forge a new Volksgemeinschaft...[this] study, by using suicide notes 'to bring the individual back into history,' significantly enriches our picture of the history of the self
under National Socialism."--American Historical Review
Book Description
An exploration of the culture of suicide in Nazi Germany
From the Publisher
Christian Goeschel is a post-doctoral research fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he also teaches Modern European History. In 2006 he was awarded the Walter Laqueur Prize for his work on suicide in Nazi Germany.
About the Author
Christian Goeschel is a post-doctoral research fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he also teaches Modern European History. In 2006 he was awarded the Walter Laqueur Prize for his work on suicide in Nazi Germany.
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