Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Nazism, Myth, and Meaning 1 A World Turned Upside Down: Weimar Chaos and the Culture of Apocalypse 2 The Turning Point: Racial Apocalypse or Racial Salvation 3 Seeing the Light: The Nazi Conversion Experience 4 Hitler as Messiah 5 The Messiah Legitimated: Linking the Leader and the Led6 Final Empire, Final War, Final Solution Appendix: The Hitler Gospels and Old Guard Testimonials: Reconstructing a Mythical World Notes IndexAbout the Author

About the Author

David Redles is associate professor of history at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, and an associate scholar of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University.

Reviews

The apocalyptic dimension of Hitler and his exterminatory project has often been noted but never developed with the completeness and sophistication of David Redles. This brilliant book will enlighten, surprise, and awaken. It is a story, unfortunatel