Paper 3 - Hitler’s Germany (1933–39)

Ian Kershaw

The “Hitler Myth” was central: Hitler as the “embodiment of national unity.”

Martin Broszat

Nazi rule relied more on social accommodation (Resistenz) than totalitarian domination.

Hans Mommsen

Hitler was a “weak dictator,” power depended on subordinates radicalising policy.

Alan Bullock

Hitler was the “master of the Reich,” consciously driving policy.

Richard Evans

Terror and propaganda were mutually reinforcing in sustaining control.

Tim Mason

Nazi rule combined coercion with consensus built on economic recovery.

Christopher Browning

Perpetrators of genocide were “ordinary men” shaped by circumstance and indoctrination.

Daniel Goldhagen

Germans were “willing executioners,” motivated by deep-rooted anti-Semitism.