The Kaiser Wilhelm Society Under National Socialism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521879064)

During the first part of the twentieth century, German science led the world. The most important scientific institution in Germany was the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, including institutes devoted to different fields of scientific research. These researchers were not burdened by teaching obligations and enjoyed excellent financial and material support. When the National Socialists came to power in Germany, all of German society, including science, was affected. The picture that previously dominated our understanding of science under National Socialism from the end of the Second World War to the recent past - a picture of leading Nazis ignorant and unappreciative of modern science and of scientists struggling to resist the Nazis - needs to be revised. This book surveys the history of Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes under Hitler, illustrating definitively the cooperation, if not collaboration, between scientists and National Socialists in order to further the goals of autarky, racial hygiene, war, and genocide.

Author: Susanne Heim, Carola Sachse, Mark Walker
ISBN-10: 052187906X
ISBN-13: 9780521879064
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2009
Pages: 502
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.40w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2010