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HISE 4118: The Nazi State (Unangst) Fall 2023, 4118-01

Librarian: Mary Lynn Bensen, Ph.D.

Selected Subject Headings and Subheadings for Use in Searching the Library Catalog, WorldCat, and Periodical Databases.

Germany, National Socialism, the Holocaust, Hitler, and World War II

Germany—Historiography

Germany—History—Historiography

Germany—History—1933-1945

Hitler, Adolf 1889—1945

National Socialism

Nazis

World War, 1939-1945

Hitler Studies

Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 (the broadest subject heading for studies of Hitler)

The following subheadings can be used with Hitler’s name to narrow the search:

            Antisemitism                                        Influence

            Biography                                             Childhood and Youth

             Last Years                                              Mental Health

            Family                                                    Military Leadership

            Friends and Associates                       Personality

            Health                                                    Homes and Haunts                             

            Political and Social Views                   Psychology

                                                                        National Socialism (Nazism)

National Socialism

                                  --History

 For aspects of National Socialism, add additional terms, for example:

National Socialism and Education

National Socialism and Youth

National Socialism and Women

National Socialism—Psychological Aspects

German History and Politics

Germany—History—1939-1945

Germany—Politics and Government—1939-1945

Nazi(s)

Nazis

Nazi Literature

Nazi Propaganda

Use Nazi Persecution as a subheading for particular groups, for example:

            Gays—Nazi Persecution

World War II

World War, 1939-1945

                                       --Germany