Wagner, Hitler, and Germany's Rebirth after the First World War

David Ian Hall

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Wagner, Hitler, and Germany's Rebirth after the First World War

David Ian Hall^*

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This article examines German national renewal following defeat in the First World War. It emphasizes the importance of a 'unique' German culture, particularly the music dramas of Richard Wagner, in the politics of pan-German nationalists, Hitler, and the National Socialist Party. Hitler believed national revival depended on the rebirth of German culture, a concept that predated the war and was popular in völkisch circles and the radical right. Hitler owed his rise from obscurity as much to his appeal to cultural longings, which enabled him to attract the attention of Bavaria's elite, as he did to his political ideas and abilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	154-175
Number of pages	22
Journal	War in History
Volume	24
Issue number	2
Early online date	30 Mar 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344515608664
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

Adolf Hitler
First World War
German culture
German national rebirth
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
Richard Wagner

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