Life and Times in Nazi Germany

Lisa Pine is Reader in History at London South Bank University, UK. She is the author of Education in Nazi Germany (2010), Hitler’s ‘National Community’: Society and Culture in Nazi Germany (2007) and Nazi Family Policy, 1933-1945 (1997).

This collection of ten essays, rich with research and observations, helps demonstrate that history from below does not have to ignore other approaches. Especially when it relates the everyday to political decision-making, it adds dimensions and not just texture … It demonstrates the continuing vitality of everyday life history and would be particularly useful for college courses not only in that field but also twentieth-century German or European history, not to mention courses in Nazi Germany.

• List of Illustrations1. Introduction - Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK)Part I - Food and Health2. Tischkultur: Food Choices, Cooking and Housekeeping in Nazi Germany - Nancy Reagin (Pace University, USA)3. Vice in the Third Reich: Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco - Jonathan Lewy (Hebrew University, Israel)4. The State of Health - Geoffrey Cocks (Albion College, USA)Part II - Lifestyle5. Fashioning Women in the Third Reich - Irene Guenther (The Honors College, Houston, USA)6. A Vacation from the Nazis? Examining Tourism under Hitler - Kristin Semmens (University of Victoria, Canada)7. Playing with the Third Reich: Sports, Politics, and Free Time in Nazi Germany - David Imhoof (Susquehanna University, USA)8. Art and the Volksgemeinschaft - Joan L. Clinefelter (University of Northern Colorado, USA)Part III - Religion9. Protestantism in Nazi Germany - Christopher J. Probst (Saint Louis University, USA)10. Catholicism in Nazi Germany - Kevin Spicer (Stonehill College, USA)11. Nazi Christmas: Conflict and Consensus - Joe Perry (Georgia State University, USA)Further ReadingIndex