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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195371275

ISBN-139780195371277

eBay Product ID (ePID)80561297

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Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameOberammergau in the Nazi Era : the Fate of a Catholic Village in Hitler's Germany

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCultural Heritage, Europe / Germany, Sociology / General, Christianity / Catholic, World / European, General, History

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorHelena Waddy

Subject AreaReligion, Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length6.3 in

Item Width9.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-043484

ReviewsHelena Waddy offers a rich and detailed examination of the uneasy interaction of Naziism with the village's heritage and the Catholic piety which nourished it.

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal943/.36

Table Of ContentContents Introduction1. Catholics2. Voters3. Nazis4. Joiners5. Players6. Leaders7. Warriors8. AlliesConclusionsAbbreviationsNotesAcknowledgmentsIllustration CreditsCentral FileBibliographyIndex

SynopsisThe Bavarian mountain village of Oberammergau is famous for its decennial passion play. The play began as an articulation of the villagers' strong Catholic piety, but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries developed into a considerable commercial enterprise. The growth of the passion play from a curiosity of village piety into a major tourist attraction encouraged all manner of entrepreneurial behavior and brought the inhabitants of this isolated rural area intoclose contract with a larger world. Hundreds of thousands of tourists came to see the play, and thousands of temporary workers descended on the village during the play season, some settling permanentlyin Oberammergau. Adolf Hitler would attend a performance of the play in 1934, later saying that the drama "revealed the muck and mire of Jewry." But, Helena Waddy argues, it is a mistake to brand Oberammergau as a Nazi stronghold, as has commonly been done. In this book she uses Oberammergau's unique history to explain why and how genuinely some villagers chose to become Nazis, while others rejected Party membership and defended their Catholic lifestyle. She explores the reasons why both localNazis and their opponents fought to protect the village's cherished identity against the Third Reich's many intrusive demands. On the other hand, she also shows that the play mirrored the Gospel-basedanti-Semitism endemic to Western culture. As a local study of the rise of Nazism and the Nazi era, Waddy's work is an important contribution to a growing genre. As a collective biography, it is a fascinating and moving portrait of life at a time when, as Thomas Mann wrote, "every day hurled the wildest demands at the heart and brain.", In her study of Oberammergau, the Bavarian village famous for its decennial passion play, Helena Waddy argues against the traditional image of the village as a Nazi stronghold. She uses Oberammergau's unique history to explain why and how genuinely some villagers chose to become Nazis, while others rejected Party membership and defended their Catholic lifestyle. She explores the reasons for which both local Nazis and their opponents fought to protect the village'scherished identity against the Third Reich's many intrusive demands. She also shows that the play mirrored the Gospel-based anti-Semitism endemic to Western culture., The Bavarian mountain village of Oberammergau is famous for its decennial passion play. The play began as an articulation of the villagers' strong Catholic piety, but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries developed into a considerable commercial enterprise. The growth of the passion play from a curiosity of village piety into a major tourist attraction encouraged all manner of entrepreneurial behavior and brought the inhabitants of this isolated rural area into close contract with a larger world. Hundreds of thousands of tourists came to see the play, and thousands of temporary workers descended on the village during the play season, some settling permanently in Oberammergau. Adolf Hitler would attend a performance of the play in 1934, later saying that the drama "revealed the muck and mire of Jewry." But, Helena Waddy argues, it is a mistake to brand Oberammergau as a Nazi stronghold, as has commonly been done. In this book she uses Oberammergau's unique history to explain why and how genuinely some villagers chose to become Nazis, while others rejected Party membership and defended their Catholic lifestyle. She explores the reasons why both local Nazis and their opponents fought to protect the village's cherished identity against the Third Reich's many intrusive demands. On the other hand, she also shows that the play mirrored the Gospel-based anti-Semitism endemic to Western culture. As a local study of the rise of Nazism and the Nazi era, Waddy's work is an important contribution to a growing genre. As a collective biography, it is a fascinating and moving portrait of life at a time when, as Thomas Mann wrote, "every day hurled the wildest demands at the heart and brain."

LC Classification NumberDD901.O2W33 2010