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Greeks, Romans, Germans - How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past (Paperback)
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Greeks, Romans, Germans - How the Nazis Usurped Europe's Classical Past (Paperback)
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Much has been written about the conditions that made possible
Hitler's rise and the Nazi takeover of Germany, but when we tell
the story of the National Socialist Party, should we not also speak
of Julius Caesar and Pericles? Greeks, Romans, Germans argues that
to fully understand the racist, violent end of the Nazi regime, we
must examine its appropriation of the heroes and lessons of the
ancient world. When Hitler told the assembled masses that they were
a people with no past, he meant that they had no past following
their humiliation in World War I of which to be proud. The Nazis'
constant use of classical antiquity-in official speeches, film,
state architecture, the press, and state-sponsored
festivities-conferred on them the prestige and heritage of Greece
and Rome that the modern German people so desperately needed. At
the same time, the lessons of antiquity served as a warning: Greece
and Rome fell because they were incapable of protecting the purity
of their blood against mixing and infiltration. To regain their
rightful place in the world, the Nazis had to make all-out war on
Germany's enemies, within and without.
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