The Czechoslovak Sphinx: 'Moderate and Reasonable' Konrad Henlein
The Czechoslovak Sphinx: 'Moderate and Reasonable' Konrad Henlein
This article uses Czech and German material to reassess the career of the controversial Sudeten German nationalist politician, Konrad Henlein (1898-1945). It particularly seeks to clarify the behaviour of a man who many in 1930s Britain viewed as 'moderate', and pinpoints turning points in his life and career which finally led him towards Nazi Germany after 1937 as a solution for Czech-German nationalist tensions in Czechoslovakia. The chapter is contained in a volume of essays which reassesses right-wing and fascist personalities of East-Central Europe in the early 20th century. Henlein is revealed as alternatively 'moderate' and 'Nazi' to the outside observer, but in essence a man with a Sudeten voelkisch mentality
konrad henlein, sudeten german, czechoslovakia, nationalism
1845116976
206-226
Cornwall, Mark
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10 May 2011
Cornwall, Mark
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Cornwall, Mark
(2011)
The Czechoslovak Sphinx: 'Moderate and Reasonable' Konrad Henlein.
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Haynes, Rebecca and Rady, Martyn
(eds.)
In the Shadow of Hitler: Personalities of the Right in Central and Eastern Europe.
(International Library of Twentieth Centruy History)
London, UK.
I.B. Tauris, .
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This article uses Czech and German material to reassess the career of the controversial Sudeten German nationalist politician, Konrad Henlein (1898-1945). It particularly seeks to clarify the behaviour of a man who many in 1930s Britain viewed as 'moderate', and pinpoints turning points in his life and career which finally led him towards Nazi Germany after 1937 as a solution for Czech-German nationalist tensions in Czechoslovakia. The chapter is contained in a volume of essays which reassesses right-wing and fascist personalities of East-Central Europe in the early 20th century. Henlein is revealed as alternatively 'moderate' and 'Nazi' to the outside observer, but in essence a man with a Sudeten voelkisch mentality
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Published date: 10 May 2011
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konrad henlein, sudeten german, czechoslovakia, nationalism
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80517
ISBN: 1845116976
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Rebecca Haynes
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Martyn Rady
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