The Indoctrination of the Wehrmacht : : Nazi Ideology and the War Crimes of the German Military / / Bryce Sait.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Sait, Bryce,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 A Political Military? --; Chapter 2 The Goals and Effects of Indoctrination --; Chapter 3 The Beginnings of Nazi Ideological Education in the Wehrmacht --; Chapter 4 The Lead-Up to War and the Poland Campaign --; Chapter 5 The Hitler Youth and the Reich Labour Service --; Chapter 6 Christianity and the Military Chaplaincy: A Competing Influence in the Wehrmacht? --; Chapter 7 The Serbian Campaign and the Eastern Front --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789201505; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789201505?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bryce Sait.

Far from the image of an apolitical, “clean” Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations like the SS in the abuse and murder of countless individuals during the Second World War. This in-depth study demonstrates that a key factor in the criminalization of the Wehrmacht was the intense political indoctrination imposed on its members. At the instigation of senior leadership, many ordinary German soldiers and officers became ideological warriors who viewed their enemies in racial and political terms—a project that was but one piece of the broader effort to socialize young men during the Nazi era.