When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to
create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the
Fuumlhrer, Adolf Hitler. The concept of Volksgemeinschaft - 'the
people's community' - enshrined the Nazis' vision of society'; a
society based on racist, social-Darwinist, anti-democratic, and
nationalist thought. The regime used Volksgemeinschaft to define
who belonged to the National Socialist 'community' and who did not.
Being accorded the status of belonging granted citizenship rights,
access to the benefits of the welfare state, and opportunities for
advancement, while these who were denied the privilege of belonging
lost their right to live. They were shamed, excluded, imprisoned,
murdered. Volksgemeinschaft was the Nazis' project of social
engineering, realized by state action, by administrative procedure,
by party practice, by propaganda, and by individual initiative.
Everyone deemed worthy of belonging was called to participate in
its realization. Indeed, this collective notion was directed at the
individual, and unleashed an enormous dynamism, which gave social
change a particular direction. The Volksgemeinschaft concept was
not strictly defined, which meant that it was rather marked by a
plurality of meaning and emphasis which resulted in a range of
readings in the Third Reich, drawing in people from many social and
political backgrounds. Visions of Community in Nazi Germany
scrutinizes Volksgemeinschaft as the Nazis' central vision of
community. The contributors engage with individual appropriations,
examine projects of social engineering, analyze the social dynamism
unleashed, and show how deeply private lives were affected by this
murderous vision of society.
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