Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945 [Hardcover]

Evan Burr Bukey (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0807825166 | ISBN-13: 978-0807825167 | Publication Date: January 2000

Using evidence gathered in Europe and the United States, Evan Bukey crafts a nuanced portrait of popular opinion in Austria, Hitler's homeland, after the country was annexed by Germany in 1938. He demonstrates that despite widespread dissent, discontent, and noncompliance, a majority of the Austrian populace supported the Anschluss regime—particularly in its economic, social, and anti-Semitic policies—until the bitter end.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

That many Austrians welcomed the Anschluss that made Austria into "Ostmark," an integral part of Hitler's Greater German Reich, is well-known to historians. More recently, controversy both inside and outside of Austria has raged over the extent and depth of Austrian anti-Semitism and complicity in Nazi atrocities, as well as the continuation of some of these strains into the post-Cold War era. In this book, Bukey (Hitler's Hometown: Linz, Austria, 1908-1945) offers an important contribution to the debate surrounding Austrians' acceptance of Nazism. Even-handed, thoroughly documented, clearly written, and utterly fascinating, the book deals with rural and urban populations, with individuals and social groupings, and with the enormous range of life-changing consequences of the German Anschluss. This is an important and thought-provoking book that should be in all European history collections.
-Barbara L. Walden, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
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Review

In this lucid, lively, meticulously argued book, the author. . . has given us a deft analysis.

Central European Histor

Bukey's work is tightly organized, well written, thoroughly researched, and solidly argued. It belongs in every university library collection.

Historian

The results of Bukey's efforts amply demonstrate his dedication and industry . . . . Bukey succeeds in providing a thorough chronicle.

Journal of Modern History

Remarkable for Bukey's ability to distinguish between subtle variations in popular attitudes.

Journal of Social History

A fair, conscientiously multifaceted though unsparingly frank picture of the Austrian people during the period of Nazi rule.

Historische Zeitschrift

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807825166
• ISBN-13: 978-0807825167
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > History > Europe > Central Europe

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5.0 out of 5 stars Austrian Nazis a new image of Austrians, May 31, 2001

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Malcolm D. Haworth (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945 (Hardcover)

One can observe the conditions of austrian Anschluss with Germany based on party politics, military take overs and repressive institutions. "Hitler's Austria" reveals the values and emotions that regular Austrians felt in having there nation become the first victim or collaborator. In these these eight years of German annexation feeling were elated at arrival and wavered toward the end. It is during this time that Austria's struggle to become an independent state as well as national mentality develops separate from the regulations imposed by a truely repressive, foreign regime. Austrians despite overt collaboration with Nazis are ultimately free from major guilt. Burkey effectively portrays a continual amniguity or even paradox in Austria reconciling to its guilt as a participant in the atrocities of Anschluss, World War II, and the Holocaust. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in modern Central European history.