TY - BOOK ID - 78648142 TI - Greeks, Romans, Germans AU - Chapoutot, Johann AU - Nybakken, Richard R PY - 2016 SN - 0520966155 9780520966154 9780520275720 0520275721 9780520292970 0520292979 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - National socialism. KW - Civilization, Classical KW - Classical civilization KW - Civilization, Ancient KW - Classicism KW - Nazism KW - Authoritarianism KW - Fascism KW - Nazis KW - Neo-Nazism KW - Totalitarianism KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Influence. KW - Causes KW - Germany KW - Third Reich, 1933-1945 KW - History KW - National socialism KW - Influence KW - ancient greece. KW - ancient rome. KW - ancient world. KW - antiquity. KW - architecture. KW - classical antiquity. KW - european history. KW - fascism. KW - fascist. KW - film. KW - german film. KW - german politics. KW - german propaganda. KW - germany. KW - heritage. KW - hitler. KW - julius caesar. KW - national socialist party. KW - nazi germany. KW - nazi party. KW - nazis. KW - pericles. KW - politics. KW - propaganda film. KW - propaganda. KW - racism. KW - racist. KW - wartime. KW - world war 1. KW - world war 2. KW - wwi. KW - wwii. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78648142 AB - Much has been written about the conditions that made possible Hitler's rise and the Nazi takeover of Germany, but when we tell the story of the National Socialist Party, should we not also speak of Julius Caesar and Pericles? Greeks, Romans, Germans argues that to fully understand the racist, violent end of the Nazi regime, we must examine its appropriation of the heroes and lessons of the ancient world. When Hitler told the assembled masses that they were a people with no past, he meant that they had no past following their humiliation in World War I of which to be proud. The Nazis' constant use of classical antiquity-in official speeches, film, state architecture, the press, and state-sponsored festivities-conferred on them the prestige and heritage of Greece and Rome that the modern German people so desperately needed. At the same time, the lessons of antiquity served as a warning: Greece and Rome fell because they were incapable of protecting the purity of their blood against mixing and infiltration. To regain their rightful place in the world, the Nazis had to make all-out war on Germany's enemies, within and without. ER -