Animals under the Swastika (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780299338008)

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.

Author: Jan Wolf Mohnhaupt
ISBN-10: 0299338002
ISBN-13: 9780299338008
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.09h x 6.21w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2022 pg. 74