The Third Reich's elite schools : a history of the Napolas

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Cover -- The Third Reich's Elite Schools: A History of the Napolas -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- A Note on Terminology -- NPEA vs. Napola -- Ausleseschule vs. Eliteschule -- Place-Namesin Eastern Europe and the Balkans -- Terms of Art -- Notes -- Introduction: The Napolas in Historical Context -- Notes -- PART I: GENESIS -- 1: Foundation and Administration: The Napolas' Position within the Polycratic Nazi State -- Notes -- 2: 'Selection', Teaching, and Everyday Life -- Zwischen Auslese und Ausmerze: The NPEA Selection Process -- Settling In and Everyday Life -- Contact with the Outside World -- Pupils' Personal Relationships with House-Staff and Teaching Staff -- Teaching and Academic Lessons -- Sport, Physical Education, and Premilitary Training at the NPEA -- The Napolas' School-Leaving Examination and Graduation Ceremony -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3: 'Missions' and Extracurricular Activities -- The NPEA and National Socialist 'Political Religion' -- A Cultural 'Total Education'? Art, Music, and Drama at the NPEA -- Travels within Germany: Educational Excursions -- 'Borderland Missions' and Travels beyond the Borders of the Reich -- The NPEA Exchange Programmes with American Preparatory oSchools and British Public Schools -- Farm, Factory, and Mining 'Missions': Realizing the 'Socialist' Aspects of National Socialism? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- PART II: VARIETY WITHIN UNITY -- 4: The Prussian Paradigm?: Resurrecting Cadet-School Traditions at the Former Staatliche Bildungsanstalten -- Notes -- 5: Centralism versus Particularism: Harnessing Regional Ambitions and Negotiating Federal Tensions at the NPEA in Saxony, Anhalt, and Württemberg -- Notes -- 6: The Annihilation of Tradition?: The 'Napolisation' of Humanistic and Religious Foundations -- Notes.

7: Ostmark: The Annexation of the Viennese Bundeserziehungsanstalten and Heißmeyer's' Dissolution of the Monasteries' -- Notes -- 8: The Reichsschulen and the Napolas': Germanizing Mission in Eastern and Western Europe -- Notes -- 9: For Girls Only: The NPEA für Mädchen -- Notes -- PART III: NEMESIS -- 10: The Demands of Total War -- Notes -- 12: Epilogue: Post-war -- 11: The Endkrieg and the Last of the Napolas -- Terror from the East: The Fates of NPEA Stuhm, Köslin, Rügen, and Plön -- Fighting the French in South-WestGermany: Skirmishes around NPEA Reichenau and Rottweil -- Austrian Experiences: Flight from NPEA Göttweig and NPEA Traiskirchen -- Desperate Days: Pupils from NPEA Spandau, Potsdam, and Neuzelle Experience the Battle for Berlin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 'Schools Like Any Others'? Denazification, Exculpatory Narratives, and the Creation of Napola Collective Memory -- From Jungmann to 'Napolaner': The Foundation and Operation of the West German Old Boys' Networks -- Napola-Vergangenheitsbewältigung? Napolaner and the Past in Reunified Germany -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- List of Eyewitnesses -- List of Archives Consulted -- List of Periodicals Consulted -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Third Reich's Elite Schools tells the story of the Napolas, Nazi Germany's most prominent training academies for the future elite. This deeply researched study gives an in-depth account of everyday life at the schools, while also shedding fresh light on the political, social, and cultural history of the Nazi dictatorship.