| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 524 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Napolas in Historical Context -- PART I: GENESIS -- 1: Foundation and Administration: The Napolas' Position within the Polycratic Nazi State -- 2: 'Selection', Teaching, and Everyday Life -- 3: 'Missions' and Extracurricular Activities -- PART II: VARIETY WITHIN UNITY -- 4: The Prussian Paradigm?: Resurrecting Cadet-School Traditions at the Former Staatliche Bildungsanstalten -- 5: Centralism versus Particularism: Harnessing Regional Ambitions and Negotiating Federal Tensions at the NPEA in Saxony, Anhalt, and Württemberg -- 6: The Annihilation of Tradition?: The 'Napolisation' of Humanistic and Religious Foundations -- 7: Ostmark: The Annexation of the Viennese Bundeserziehungsanstalten and Heißmeyer's' Dissolution of the Monasteries' -- 8: The Reichsschulen and the Napolas': Germanizing Mission in Eastern and Western Europe -- 9: For Girls Only: The NPEA für Mädchen -- PART III: NEMESIS -- 10: The Demands of Total War -- 12: Epilogue: Post-war -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- List of Eyewitnesses -- List of Archives Consulted -- List of Periodicals Consulted -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Drawing on material from eighty archives in six different countries worldwide, as well as eyewitness testimonies from over 100 former pupils, Helen Roche presents a comprehensive history of the Third Reich's most prominent elite schools, the National Political Education Institutes (Napolas/NPEA) |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2021 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed July 5, 2022) |
| Subject |
Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt Oranienstein.
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| SUBJECT |
Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt Oranienstein fast |
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Military education -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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National socialism and education.
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Education and state -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Education and state
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Military education
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National socialism and education
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191793028 |
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0191793027 |
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