Blue Blood in the SS: A Contribution Regarding the Attitude of the Nobility towards National Socialism

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Blue Blood in the SS: A Contribution Regarding the Attitude of the Nobility towards National Socialism

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article examines the relationship between the German nobility and the SS under Heinrich Himmler during the Nazi era. Himmler aimed to mold the SS into a racial, ideological, and quasi-chivalric "new nobility" for the Third Reich, drawing inspiration from the Jesuits and Teutonic Knights, and actively recruited traditional nobles for prestige, financial support, and to bolster the organization's elitist image within the "Volksgemeinschaft." Shared ideological elements—völkisch nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti-modernism, rural "blood and soil" values, ancestral pride, and exclusivity in marriage—facilitated this alliance, despite some Nazi resistance to birth-based privilege. Nobles were overrepresented in higher SS ranks by late 1938, particularly in the unarmed Allgemeine SS, though less so in the Waffen-SS or under Reinhard Heydrich's Security Police/SD due to his indifference to aristocratic status. Catholic nobles were underrepresented owing to the SS's anti-Christian policies (favoring "gottgläubig" affiliation), although Himmler was willing to accept and promote nobles even if they did not leave the church. Ultimately, while nobles sought to reclaim lost elite status post-1918 and Himmler exploited them for legitimacy, their overall influence remained limited, with greater participation in the broader NSDAP or SA, and confessional/regional divides constraining fuller integration.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Blue Blood in the SS: A Contribution Regarding the Attitude of the Nobility towards National Socialism

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article examines the relationship between the German nobility and the SS under Heinrich Himmler during the Nazi era. Himmler aimed to mold the SS into a racial, ideological, and quasi-chivalric "new nobility" for the Third Reich, drawing inspiration from the Jesuits and Teutonic Knights, and actively recruited traditional nobles for prestige, financial support, and to bolster the organization's elitist image within the "Volksgemeinschaft." Shared ideological elements—völkisch nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti-modernism, rural "blood and soil" values, ancestral pride, and exclusivity in marriage—facilitated this alliance, despite some Nazi resistance to birth-based privilege. Nobles were overrepresented in higher SS ranks by late 1938, particularly in the unarmed Allgemeine SS, though less so in the Waffen-SS or under Reinhard Heydrich's Security Police/SD due to his indifference to aristocratic status. Catholic nobles were underrepresented owing to the SS's anti-Christian policies (favoring "gottgläubig" affiliation), although Himmler was willing to accept and promote nobles even if they did not leave the church. Ultimately, while nobles sought to reclaim lost elite status post-1918 and Himmler exploited them for legitimacy, their overall influence remained limited, with greater participation in the broader NSDAP or SA, and confessional/regional divides constraining fuller integration.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Nobility in the pre-modern and modern period

ISBN

978-3-205-21962-0

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

147-158

Počet stran knihy

12

Název nakladatele

Böhlau Verlag

Místo vydání

Wien

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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