Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany Book contents
- Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany
- Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 An Army of Academics
- 2 “A Miserable Paper Substitute for a Spontaneous Revolution”
- 3 “Land of the Fragebogen”
- 4 The “Little Man’s Nuremberg”
- 5 Writing Away Culpability
- Conclusion
- Appendix The Fragebogen Questions
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Everyday Denazification
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
- Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany
- Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 An Army of Academics
- 2 “A Miserable Paper Substitute for a Spontaneous Revolution”
- 3 “Land of the Fragebogen”
- 4 The “Little Man’s Nuremberg”
- 5 Writing Away Culpability
- Conclusion
- Appendix The Fragebogen Questions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A comprehensive assessment of the Fragebogen is presented in the book’s conclusion, including speculation about the enduring effects of denazification on the two German successor states. The unexpected achievements of the zonal screening programs are measured against their many weaknesses and negative results. Consideration is also given to more recent ideological screening projects in different parts of the world, and the historical lessons ascribed to denazification. The book ultimately concludes that despite the many inherent and acquired problems of the Fragebogen screening program, it is difficult to imagine a denazification process that would have been more effective in achieving both the removal of Nazism as a practical political force and the transformation of the beliefs of individual Germans.
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- Everyday Denazification in Postwar GermanyThe Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation, pp. 253 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023