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In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by the German nobility in the Nazis' rise to power. While often confidently referred to, the 'fateful' role played by the German nobility is rarely, if ever, investigated in any real detail. Nazis and Nobles now fills this gap, providing the first systematic investigation of the role played by the nobility in German political life between Germany's defeat in the First World War in 1918 and the consolidation of Nazi power in the 1930s. As Stephan Malinowski shows, the German nobility was too weak to prevent the German Revolution of 1918 but strong enough to take an active part in the struggle against the Weimar Republic. In a real twist of historical irony, members of the nobility were as prominent in the destruction of Weimar democracy as they were to be years later in Graf Stauffenberg's July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler. In this skilful portrait of an aristocratic world that was soon to disappear, Malinowski gives us for the first time the in-depth story of the German nobility's social decline and political radicalization in the inter-war years - and the troubled mésalliance to which this was to lead between the majority of Germany's nobles and the National Socialists.

The shocking true story of the German monarchy's collaboration with the Nazis - already a bestseller in Germany, now in English for the first time.**AWARDED THE GERMAN NON-FICTION PRIZE 2022**'Malinowksi’s work is a near-masterpiece, relating a story not synthesised in this way before, and about which any number of self-serving myths exist' - Simon Heffer, The Telegraph‘Stephan Malinowski's brilliant book strikes a balance between the forensic analysis of individual behaviour and a new understanding of how the toxic political culture of a defeated monarchy helped to disrupt democracy in Germany' - Christopher ClarkThe disappearance of the Hohenzollern family from the history of Germany in November 1918 as the Kaiser fled into Dutch exile is one of the most startling, rapid instances of a once all-powerful royal family becoming almost overnight irrelevant and marginal. Except this is not exactly what happened.Stephan Malinowski’s German bestseller is an extraordinary work of recovery. It suited both the Weimar Republic and then the Third Reich to view the Hohenzollerns with contempt, and yet the royal family’s hatred of the former and approval of the latter were for millions of Germans a significant factor in their own view of their country and its government.With forensic and often shocking detail, Malinowski shows that, far from being ridiculous, marginal figures the Hohenzollerns lay at the heart of Germany’s ongoing nightmare. Despite formally losing power, the members of the royal family remained prominent, catastrophically allowing many other conservative Germans to stay distanced from the new republic and to eventually betray conservative traditions and values. Battered from both left and right, the Republic collapsed in 1933 in part because conservative forces, fearful of both Communism and Fascism, had abandoned their own principles just as much as the leading members of former royal family had, who were themselves beguiled by and fooled by Hitler.This is an important and shocking book, as well as a devastating picture of an inadequate and trivial royal family painfully underequipped to fulfil its role.

The disappearance of the Hohenzollern family from the history of Germany in November 1918 as the Kaiser fled into Dutch exile is one of the most startling, rapid instances of a once all-powerful royal family becoming almost overnight irrelevant and marginal. Except this is not exactly what happened.Stephan Malinowski’s German bestseller is an extraordinary work of recovery. It suited both the Weimar Republic and then the Third Reich to view the Hohenzollerns with contempt, and yet the royal family’s hatred of the former and approval of the latter were for millions of Germans a significant factor in their own view of their country and its government.With forensic and often shocking detail, Malinowski shows that, far from being ridiculous, marginal figures the Hohenzollerns lay at the heart of Germany’s ongoing nightmare. Despite formally losing power, the members of the royal family remained prominent, catastrophically allowing many other conservative Germans to stay distanced from the new republic and to eventually betray conservative traditions and values. Battered from both left and right, the Republic collapsed in 1933 in part because conservative forces, fearful of both Communism and Fascism, had abandoned their own principles just as much as the leading members of former royal family had, who were themselves beguiled by and fooled by Hitler.This is an important and shocking book, as well as a devastating picture of an inadequate and trivial royal family painfully underequipped to fulfil its role.

Die erste umfassende Analyse des Niedergangs der jahrhundertealten Herrschaftselite des deutschen Adels. Die Selbstzerst rung adliger Traditionen und Werte, die im Kaiserreich mit der Ann herung an rechtsradikale Bewegungen beginnt, kulminiert in der widerspr chlichen Mitwirkung in der NS-Bewegung. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Hans-Rosenberg-Preis 2004. ber die immense Bedeutung des deutschen Adels weit ber das Jahr 1918 hinaus herrscht in der Literatur Einigkeit. Kurioserweise ist jedoch ber den Adel des 20. Jahrhunderts bisher sehr viel behauptet und sehr wenig geforscht worden. Dieses Buch erregte gleich nach Erscheinen gro es Aufsehen und wurde innerhalb eines halben Jahres zweimal nachgedruckt. Gest tzt auf breite Quellengrundlage liegt hier die erste umfassende Analyse des Niedergangs einer jahrhundertealten Herrschaftelite vor, die die Bastionen ihrer sozialen und kulturellen Macht selbst noch innerhalb der industriellen Moderne u erst hartn ckig und nicht ohne Erfolg verteidigt hatte. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht die Selbstzerst rung adliger Traditionen und Werte, die im sp ten Kaiserreich mit der Ann herung an rechtsradikale Bewegungen beginnt und in der weit gehenden Kollaboration mit der NS-Bewegung kulminierte. Dieser Befund wird nicht ohne Folgen f r die Interpretation und Einordnung des sogenannten konservativen Widerstandes bleiben.

Die erste umfassende Analyse des Niedergangs der jahrhundertealten Herrschaftselite des deutschen Adels. Die Selbstzerstörung adliger Traditionen und Werte, die im Kaiserreich mit der Annäherung an rechtsradikale Bewegungen beginnt, kulminiert in der widersprüchlichen Mitwirkung in der NS-Bewegung. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Hans-Rosenberg-Preis 2004.