ABSTRACT

Konrad Heiden was an influential journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Eras. He became an early critic of National Socialism after attending a party meeting in 1920. First published in English in 1934, A History of National Socialism provides a detailed account of the growth of the movement through the 1920’s until its assumption of full control of Germany in 1934. It argues that Nazi ideology was extremely pragmatic and able to accommodate a wide diversity of opinion in return for the unconditional support of Hitler as leader.

chapter I|30 pages

• The Origins of National Socialism

chapter III|28 pages

• The Leader: A Portrait

chapter IV|25 pages

• The Troubles of a Leader

chapter V|24 pages

• The Road to Power

chapter VI|12 pages

• Hitler in Opposition

chapter VII|12 pages

• The Crisis in Germany

chapter VIII|15 pages

• The Withdrawal from the Reichstag

chapter IX|11 pages

• The Boxheim Document

chapter X|24 pages

• A Man of Shadows: Franz von Papen

chapter XI|27 pages

• NSBO

chapter XII|27 pages

• The Reichstag Fire

chapter XIII|35 pages

• Bavaria’s Last Effort at Resistance

chapter XIV|33 pages

• Industrial Opposition

chapter XV|17 pages

• Cross against Swastika

chapter XVI|34 pages

• An Anticipation of the Future

chapter XVII|19 pages

• Forward into Legend