The Construction of a National Socialist Europe during the Second World War

Raimund Bauer holds a master’s degree in Economic and Social History, Modern History and Political Sciences from the University of Mannheim and received his PhD from the Department of Politics, History, and International Relations at Loughborough University. His research interests and his publications focus on the intersections of ideas, politics, and economics in the modern history of Germany and Europe.

Introduction – A New Europe



Part I: Dreaming of a New Order – Imaginations of Europe’s Future during the Interwar Period



1. Germany Prescribing Cures for Moribund Europe (1918-1933)



2. Germany’s Rebirth and ‘Adolescence’ in Europe (1933-1939)



3. The Dream Takes Shape – German Notions of Europe on the Eve of the War



Part II: Planning a New Order – Imaginations of Europe during Wartime



1. A Promise of Peace and Prosperity (1939-1941)



2. The Rise of Racism and the Growing Needs of All-Out War (1941-1943)



3. The Impending Defeat Curtailing Nazi Dreams (1943-1945)



Part III: Creating a New Order – From Imagination to Reality in the Crucible of War



1. From Unlimited Possibilities to the Exigencies of War – State Actors and the New Order



2. From European Expansion to Reorientation – Economic Actors and the New Order



Conclusion: ‘Anti-Europe’ Revisited



Bibliography



Index