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Animals Under the Swastika

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Never before or since have animals played as significant a role in German history as they did during the Third Reich. Potato beetles and silkworms were used as weapons of war, pigs were used in propaganda, and dog breeding served the Nazis as a model for their racial theories. Paradoxically, some animals were put under special protection while some humans were simultaneously declared unworthy of living. Ultimately, the ways in which Nazis conceptualized and used animals-both literally and symbolically-reveals much about their racist and bigoted attitudes toward other humans. Drawing from diaries, journals, school textbooks, and printed propaganda, J.W. Mohnhaupt tells these animals' stories vividly and with an eye for everyday detail, focusing each chapter on a different facet of Nazism by way of a specific animal species: red deer, horses, cats, and more. Animals under the Swastika illustrates the complicated, thought-provoking relationship between Nazis and animals.
J.W. Mohnhaupt is a journalist based in Magdeburg and Vienna and the author of Der Zoo der Anderen (The Zookeeper's War). His work has appeared in Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, and PM History, among others. John R. J. Eyck is an independent translator and scholar based in New York City.
Introduction: The World behind the Wire 1 Blood Ties 2 Digestive Affinities 3 Drawing the Curtain on Larval Stages 4 Morituri 5 Raufbold 6 Not Really Stroganoff Conclusion: Until the Last Dog Is Hung Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
"By zooming in on man and his relationship to animals, the book avoids belittlement; it in no way moves the atrocities of the Nazis to the background. Just the opposite: with each chapter, the reader becomes a witness. . . . Rarely has a book on animals been more political, rarely has racial fanaticism in such detail been more noticeable."--Die Zeit "Informative and descriptive and never lurid. . . . Worth the read. With every animal he mentions--be it a louse, dog, cat, pig, horse, or deer--Mohnhaupt makes the Nazi ideology clear."--Spektrum der Wissenschaft "The book triumphs with its detailed combination of pleasant-to-read stories and well-researched historical facts. . . . [Mohnhaupt] highlights a large, up-to-now overlooked facet of how deeply Nazi ideology penetrated all areas of society."--FALTER
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