From Weimar to Auschwitz

by Hans Mommsen

These essays explore the rise of Nazism and its implications for current developments in Europe. Among the specific subjects discussed are generational conflict and "class war" in the Weimar republic, Heinrich Bruning's role as German Chancellor, the place of Hitler in the Nazi system, and Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann trial.

Genres: History, Holocaust, Germany, World War II, Nonfiction

367 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1991

About the author

Hans Mommsen was a German historian, known for his studies in German social history, for his functionalist interpretation of the Third Reich, and especially for arguing that Adolf Hitler was a weak dictator. Descended from Nobel Prize-winning historian Theodor Mommsen, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.