Nazi Dreamtime

Australian Enthusiasts for Hitler's Germany

By:

David Bird

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Hardback

Series:

Anthem Asia-Pacific Series

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'Nazi Dreamtime' is the story of extreme-right ultra-nationalists in Australia before and during the Second World War. Some native-born Australians were attracted to the ideology of Nazism, believing it to be applicable to Australian political and cultural life. They felt the 'German revolution' was a European experiment that Australians ought to learn from, and to an extent emulate. These Nazi enthusiasts and their fellow travellers were charitably described by one renegade amongst them as 'well-meaning dreamers'. Their ranks included tourists, appeasers, political agitators, propagandists, writers, poets, mystics, aesthetes, academics, soldiers and outright cranks. Some were obscure figures; others enjoyed a high public profile. Many thought that Aboriginal concepts of dreaming could be merged with national-socialism to form a 'blood-and-soil' white dreaming - a Nazi Dreamtime under the Southern Cross. Berlin's aggressive foreign policy in the late 1930s failed to shake their faith, and even the war would not dislodge some from Hitlerism. Only the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 terminated the dream that had become a nightmare, although the idea still lingered.

Author Biography:

Dr David Bird is an independent historian based in Melbourne.

Release date Australia

February 15th, 2014

Author

David Bird

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

16 b+w figures

Imprint

Anthem Press

Pages

484

Publisher

Anthem Press

Series

Anthem Asia-Pacific Series

Dimensions

153x229x26

ISBN-13

9781783081240

Product ID

21646053

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