Sacrifice and National Belonging in

Over the course of the twentieth century, Germans from virtually all walks of life were touched by two problems: forging a sense of national community and coming to terms with widespread suffering. Arguably no country in the modern Western world has been so closely associated with both inflicting and overcoming catastrophic misery in the name of national belonging.

Within this context, the concept and ideal of "sacrifice" have played a pivotal role in recent German political culture. As the seven studies in this volume show, once the value of heroic national sacrifice was invoked during World War I to mobilize German soldiers and civilians, it proved to be a remarkably effective way to respond to a wide variety of social dislocations.

How did the ideals of sacrifice play a role in constructing German nationalism? How did the Nazis use this idea to justify mass killing? What consequences did this have for postwar Germany? This volume opens up discussions about the history of twentieth-century German political life.

Preface

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Introduction: ``German Sacrifice Today''

3

(23)

John Borneman

``The Meaning of Dying: East Elbian Noble Families as `warrior Tribes' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries''

26

(38)

Marcus Funck

```Was it All Just a Dream?' German Jewish Veterans and the Confrontation with volkisch Nationalism in the Interwar Period''

64

(26)

Brian E. Crim

``Injury, Fate, Resentment, and Sacrifice in German Political Culture, 1914-1939''

90

(28)

Greg Eghigian

```There Is a Land Where Everything Is Pure: Its Name Is Land of Death': Some Observations on Catastrophic Nationalism''

118

(30)

Michael Geyer

``The Violence of Difference: Anti-Semitism and Misogyny''

148

(48)

Uli Linke

``Sacrifice and Victimization in the Commemorative Practices of Nazi Genocide after German Unification-Memorials and Visual Metaphors''

196

(31)

Silke Wenk

List of Contributors

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Sacrifice and National Belonging in Twentieth-Century Germany

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