Created and used as an instrument of coercion and indoctrination, the Nazi language, NaziDeutsch, reveals how the Nazis ruled Germany and Germanoccupied Europe, fought World War II, and committed mass murder and genocide, employing language to encode and euphemize these actions. Written by two scholars specializing in sociolinguistic and historical issues of the Nazi period, this book provides a unique, extensive, meticulously researched dictionary of the language of the Third Reich. It is an important reference work for English and Germanspeaking scholars, students, and teachers of the interwar years, the Nazi era, World War II, and the Holocaust. The first and only comprehensive GermanEnglish dictionary of the Third Reich language, the book provides clear, concise, expert definitions with background information. Using uptodate research, the book provides access, in a single volume, to a specialized, charged vocabulary, including the terminology of Nazi ideology, propaganda slogans, military terms, ranks and offices, abbreviations and acronyms, euphemisms and code names, Germanized words, slang, chauvinistic and antiSemitic vocabulary, and racist and sexist slurs. The volume is an indispensable tool for research, study, and reading about World War II and the Holocaust.
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120,456 words504 pagesLexile 820L
Published 20029780313321061
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