The thanks of the fatherland : German veterans after the Second World War /

German veterans never embraced the Weimar Republic, created out of the ruins of World War I. Former soldiers demanded a state that was militant, nationalist, and authoritarian, and their rejection of the new democratic Republic played a major role in its collapse and the Nazi rise to power. After Hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diehl, James M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
Veterans > Germany.
Anciens combattants > Allemagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Veterans
Entwicklungsforschung
Veteran
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Veteranen.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Germany
Deutschland > Bundesrepublik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • World War I, veterans, and the Weimar Republic
  • Veterans in the Third Reich
  • The aftermath of war: the occupation years
  • Early and provisional legislation
  • The Federal War Victims' Benefits Law
  • The 131 law
  • The price of success: the search for new missions
  • The Verband deutscher Soldaten.

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