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This book explores the activities of the Nazi regime’s vast leisure programme. Shortly after coming to power in Germany, it began a large-scale undertaking to bring happiness and a good life to so-called ‘Aryan’ Germans, carried out by the Nazi leisure organization Kraft durch Freude. Julia Timpe traces Kraft durch Freude’s practices and propaganda from 1933 through the Second World War, and analyses Nazi-organized sports classes, entertainment events, and beautification campaigns for industrial sites and the countryside, as well as Kraft durch Freude’s activities in entertaining German soldiers and concentration camp guards. Contributing to newer scholarship which focuses on the integratory force of the Nazi promise of a unified ‘racial community’ of all ‘Aryan’ Germans, this book highlights that Kraft durch Freude’s ‘everyday production of joy’ was central to Nazism, closely connected to the destructive side of the Third Reich, and ultimately a major reason for Nazism’s success among the German population.

History. --- Europe, Central --- Europe --- World War, 1939-1945. --- Civilization --- Social history. --- History of World War II and the Holocaust. --- Social History. --- History of Germany and Central Europe. --- Cultural History. --- History of Modern Europe. --- History—1492-. --- National socialism. --- Germany --- Social life and customs --- Nazism --- Authoritarianism --- Fascism --- Nazis --- Neo-Nazism --- Totalitarianism --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Causes --- Europe, Central-History. --- Civilization-History. --- Europe-History-1492-. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Europe, Central—History. --- Civilization—History. --- Europe—History—1492-. --- Nationalsozialistische Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude" --- NS-Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude" --- KdF --- Deutsche Arbeitsfront. --- Kraft durch Freude --- Strength through joy

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This book explores the activities of the Nazi regime's vast leisure programme. Shortly after coming to power in Germany, it began a large-scale undertaking to bring happiness and a good life to so-called 'Aryan' Germans, carried out by the Nazi leisure organization Kraft durch Freude. Julia Timpe traces Kraft durch Freude's practices and propaganda from 1933 through the Second World War, and analyses Nazi-organized sports classes, entertainment events, and beautification campaigns for industrial sites and the countryside, as well as Kraft durch Freude's activities in entertaining German soldiers and concentration camp guards. Contributing to newer scholarship which focuses on the integratory force of the Nazi promise of a unified 'racial community' of all 'Aryan' Germans, this book highlights that Kraft durch Freude's 'everyday production of joy' was central to Nazism, closely connected to the destructive side of the Third Reich, and ultimately a major reason for Nazism's success among the German population.

World history --- History of civilization --- History --- History of Germany and Austria --- History of Europe --- nationaal-socialisme --- nieuwste tijd --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- sociale geschiedenis --- Tweede Wereldoorlog --- Europese geschiedenis --- nieuwe tijd --- holocaust --- anno 1940-1949 --- Eastern and Central Europe --- Europe --- World War, 1939-1945. --- Social history. --- Europe, Central --- Civilization --- History of World War II and the Holocaust. --- Social History. --- History of Germany and Central Europe. --- Cultural History. --- History of Modern Europe. --- History. --- 1492-.

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How do scholarship and practices of remembrance regarding Nazi Germany benefit from digital tools and approaches? What challenges arise from "doing history digitally" in this field - and how should they best be dealt with? The eight chapters of this book explore these and related questions. They discuss the digital initiatives of various archives and source databases, highlight findings of research undertaken with digital tools, and examine how such tools can be used to present history in education, exhibitions and memorials. All contributions focus on recent or, in some cases, ongoing digital projects related to the history of National Socialism, World War II, and the Holocaust.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Historiography.

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During WW2, the National Socialists established detailed assessments of, and plans for, the whole region of Eastern Europe. This volume presents the findings of research into the stakeholders, practices and techniques deployed in architecture, spatial and urban planning. In particular, it scrutinizes the 'measurablility' of the Nazi occupation regime and the options available in terms of documentation and presentation with digital analytical tools. These tools provide a qualitative extension of the current state of knowledge; in addition, quantitative criteria are subjected to computer aided analyses that offer substantiation to statements that are both wide-ranging and well supported. The volume explores the extent to which the Digital Humanities propose new and innovative techniques with which architectural historians can re-assess the aims and practices of the Nazi regime in Eastern Europe. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das östliche Europa unter der nationalsozialistischen Besatzung neu erfasst, vermessen und geplant. Der Band stellt aktuelle Ergebnisse aus der Raum-, Städtebau- und Architekturforschung zu den Akteuren, Praktiken und Techniken vor. Er fragt insbesondere nach der ,Messbarkeit' des NS-Besatzungsregimes und nach den Möglichkeiten der Dokumentation und Präsentation mithilfe digitaler Analysemethoden. Damit wird der bestehende Kenntnisstand nicht nur in qualitativer Hinsicht erweitert; die Untersuchung quantitativer Merkmale, die durch rechnergestützte Verfahren erfasst werden, führt darüber hinaus zu weitergehenden, belastbaren Aussagen. Aus einer architekturgeschichtlichen Perspektive wird untersucht, inwiefern die Digital Humanities innovatives methodisches Potential bieten, um die okkupatorischen Ziele und Praktiken des nationalsozialistischen Regimes im östlichen Europa neu auszuloten. Die Ausgabe wurde hergestellt mit Unterstützung der UniBern Forschungsstiftung und der Mittelbauvereinigung der Universität Bern.

Architectural history. --- Digital humanities. --- Nazi occupation. --- Spatial planning. --- World War II.