To Die for Germany

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. The Myth of Langemarck
II. The Maryrdom of Albert Leo Schlageter
III. Sacrifice at the Feldherrnhalle: The Nazi Immortals of 9 November 1923
IV. Goebbels, Horst Wessel, and the Myth of Resurrection and Return
V. The Death and Transfiguration of Hitler Youth Herbert Norkus
VI. Gerhard Schumann: Elitist Poet of the Volk Community
VII. Hans Baumann: Troubadour of the Hitler Youth
VIII. Karl Ritter and the Heroic Nazi Cinema
IX. Hitler, Heroes, and Heldentod: The Myth of Death in World War II

Epilogue

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