Hitler's Home Front

Stephenson (modern German history, U. of Edinburgh, UK) describes life in Wurttemberg, a town in the southwest region of Germany, during World War II. She relates the experiences of people in this small rural town during Hitler's reign, problems they faced, and their attitudes and responses to the Nazi regime. She begins with the prewar years to describe the socio-economic and political background of the area and the relationship of the Nazi Party and the state there, as well as the application of Nazi racial policy and the association between the churches and the Nazi state before the war. Subsequent chapters describe the impact of the war, labor shortages and foreign workers, damage to the community, and the influx of migrants, evacuees, and refugees that changed the character of the community. Distributed in North America by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jill Stephenson is the author of Women in Nazi Germany and The Nazi Organisation of Women. She is Professor Emeritus of Modern German History at the University of Edinburgh.