The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses

This is the first systematic exploration of the nature and extent of sympathy for Nazi Germany at American universities during the 1930s. Universities were highly influential in shaping public opinion and many of the nation's most prominent university administrators refused to take a principled stand against the Hitler regime. Universities welcomed Nazi officials to campus and participated enthusiastically in student exchange programs with Nazified universities in Germany. American educators helped Nazi Germany improve its image in the West as it intensified its persecution of the Jews and strengthened its armed forces. The study contrasts the significant American grass-roots protest against Nazism that emerged as soon as Hitler assumed power with campus quiescence, and administrators' frequently harsh treatment of those students and professors who challenged their determination to maintain friendly relations with Nazi Germany.

Author: Stephen H. Norwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/17/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.06w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9781107400580
ISBN10: 1107400589
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Education | History
- History | United States | 20th Century