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Holidays with Hitler - State-sponsored Fun in Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
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Holidays with Hitler - State-sponsored Fun in Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
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Holidays with Hitler tells the story of German leisure time and
state-sponsored fun under the Nazi regime. Nathan Morley looks at
consumerism, entertainment and travel in German society, and offers
a vivid portrait of what it was like to visit as a foreign tourist
seeking fun in a totalitarian state. An important part of Nazi
policy was the vast Strength through Joy programme, headed by Dr
Robert Ley - a brash and fanatical party member. Although Strength
through Joy is best remembered for introducing the Volkswagen
Beetle, it also allowed fourteen million people to enjoy annual
vacations at bargain basement prices while improving the health of
the population by encouraging running, hiking, swimming, and active
family holidays. With millions of working people paying monthly
dues, the organization amassed a hefty fortune. On the island of
Rugen in the Baltic Sea, a vast resort capable of accommodating
22,000 holidaymakers began construction in 1937 - the same year the
Wilhelm Gustloff, the first Strength Through Joy vessel, was
launched in Hamburg. With the arrival of the Second World War, the
organisation adapted, the goal being the 'cultural caretaking of
the bomb-battered population and our soldiers'. Nathan Morley,
employing meticulous research, tells the story not only of the
Strength through Joy programme but also the efforts to organise the
Olympics and disguise anti-Jewish sentiments from the thousands of
visitors; the way millions of Germans spent their free time; and
what it was like to be a foreign tourist as the thin veneer of a
disintegrating Reich peeled away to reveal an ugly and evil
interior.
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