Performing the Nation in Interwar Germany: Sport, Spectacle and Political Symbolism, 1926-36

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
1 Bodies and Urban Space: Parades, Marches and Demonstrations 1890s–1920s......Page 27
'When the Germans learned to demonstrate…’: Demonstrations in Imperial Germany......Page 28
The republic and parades: Expressing republican spirit or militaristic principles?......Page 32
‘A black-red-gold storm in German Cities’: Interpreting urban space......Page 39
2 Sports and Games 1925–1928......Page 48
Frankfurt in 1925: The Workers’ Olympics......Page 49
Cologne’s Kampfspiele in 1926: Sport and the nation......Page 56
‘Turnvater Jahn’ and republican festivities in August 1928......Page 63
3 Staging the Republic: Constitution Day Festivities in 1929......Page 72
‘Staging the Republic’: Ideas, concepts, problems......Page 73
Flags, masses and parades: August 1929......Page 80
A republican mass spectacle: Performing unity......Page 85
4 Republican Nationalism: The Rhineland Celebration in 1930......Page 94
The republic and nationalist themes......Page 95
The Rhineland as part of festive representation......Page 99
The Rhineland mass spectacle in 1930......Page 104
5 Party Rallies and the Thingspiel in the Third Reich......Page 116
Nazi Party Rallies: Staging the Volksgemeinschaft......Page 117
The Nazi Thingspiel: A National Socialist theatre form......Page 122
The Loreley and the Thingspiel: Rhine romantic and spectacles......Page 127
6 The Death of the Spectacle in the mid-1930s......Page 135
The festive play at the Olympic Games in 1936......Page 136
The death of the spectacle in the mid-1930s......Page 143
Territorial unity in 1938: The sporting festival in Breslau......Page 147
7 ‘Like 100 years ago…’: Local Festivities in Weimar and Nazi Germany......Page 153
Constitution Day celebrations at local level......Page 154
The Reichsbanner and its festivities......Page 159
Reforming popular taste: The Nazis and local celebrations......Page 164
Conclusion......Page 172
Notes......Page 180
Bibliography......Page 218
D......Page 236
L......Page 237
P......Page 238
S......Page 239
Y......Page 240