A History of the Münster Anabaptists: Inner Emigration and the Third Reich: A Critical Edition of Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's Bockelson: A Tale of Mass Insanity

by Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor), V. Reck-Malleczewen (Editor)

Overview

A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Münster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349373000
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/01/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

GEORGE VON DER LIPPE is a Professor of German at St. Anselm College, USA.

VIKTORIA RECK-MALLECZEWEN is a translator and the daughter of Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen.

Table of Contents

Foreword: "Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's Antifascist Novel Bockelson: A History of Mass Hysteria" by Karl-Heinz Shopes The Beginning of the Tragedy The City of God The Sword The Last Whore King of the Sewer Desperate Hope Starvation Day of Wrath Lest I Be Burned in Eternal Fire

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides an imporant point of access to the phenomenon of Inner Emigration in Germany during the Third Reich. The vivid parallels between Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's 1937 account of the Münster Anabaptist uprising in 1534 and Hitler's Third Reich in Germany make this intriguing work a fascinating document of opposition to the Nazi regime."

- Neil H. Donahue, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University

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