They Thought They Were Free
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They Thought They Were Free is a nonfiction book by Milton Mayer that examines how ordinary Germans came to support and accept Nazism in the years leading up to and during the Third Reich.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Thought They Were Free canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Milton Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | interviews with ordinary German citizens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
postwar reflections of former Nazis
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rise of Hitler from the viewpoint of ordinary citizens ⓘ |
| explores |
how small compromises led to large moral failures
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relationship between personal life and political regime ⓘ role of social pressure in political conformity ⓘ |
| focus |
everyday life under the Third Reich
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gradual erosion of civil liberties ⓘ how ordinary people accepted Nazism ⓘ psychology of complicity ⓘ |
| genre |
historical nonfiction
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political nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover edition
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later reprint editions ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
discussions of how democracies become dictatorships
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studies of everyday life in Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| hasLccn | 55006772 ⓘ |
| hasOclcNumber | 184948 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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students of history ⓘ students of political science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nazism
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Third Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ ordinary Germans under Nazism ⓘ political conformity ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person reportage ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
banality of participation in evil
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creeping normality of dictatorship ⓘ |
| numberOfInterviewees | 10 ⓘ |
| perspective | American journalist observing postwar Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfInterviews | Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Chicago Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Nazi Germany
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Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subtitle | The Germans, 1933–45 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfInterviews | early 1950s ⓘ |
| usedAs | university course reading ⓘ |
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