The Respectable Career of Fritz K.
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By outlining Fritz Kiehns career both in a rational-academic but also lively manner, the authors have succeeded in creating an unusually insightful and astute book on what was normal in Germany in the twentieth century. · Die ZeitThe documentation and interpretation of what was usual makes [the books] presentation interesting and worth reading. It is also worth reading, of course, because of the writing talents of both its authors, [who] have not only penned a rich socio-historical study, they have, quite simply... written a good book. · Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und WirtschaftsgeschichteA historiographical masterwork, a successful example of how fruitful interdisciplinary historical research can be. It is about structures, milieus, mentalities, and microhistory. But it is also just as much about grand politics, economic history, and a very particular person whose contradictions the two authors managed to describe with brilliance. · Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungEntrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A successful manufacturer, Kiehn joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and obtained a number of influential posts after 1933, making him one of the most powerful Nazi functionaries in southern Germany. These posts allowed him ample opportunity to profit from Aryanizations and state contracts. After 1945, he restored his reputation, was close to Adenauers CDU during Germanys economic miracle, and was a respected and honored citizen in Trossingen. Kiehns biography provides a key to understanding the political upheavals of the twentieth century, especially the workings of the corrupt Nazi system as well as the coming to terms with National Socialism in the Federal Republic.Hartmut Berghoff is Director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. and Professor of Economic History at the University of Göttingen in Germany. In 1998 he won t
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