Introduction -- 1. The Image of the Devil in Western Culture -- 2. Mephisto by Klaus Mann -- 3. I and I by Else Lasker-Schüler -- 4. Germany and the Germans by Thomas Mann -- 5. The Deputy by Rolf Hochhuth -- 6. The Holocaust and the Future
Summary
"The association of Nazism with the symbol of ultimate evil -- the devil -- can be found in the works of Klaus and Thomas Mann, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Rolf Hochhuth. He appears either as Satan of the Judeo-Christian tradition, or as Goethe's Mephisto. Barasch-Rubinstein looks into this phenomenon and analyzes the premise that the image of the devil had a substantial impact on Germans' acceptance of Nazi ideas"--Provided by publisher
