Michael Wildt

Michael Wildt

Michael Wildt is professor of 20th Century German History, focussing on National Socialism, at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Michael Wildt is professor of 20th Century German History, focussing on National Socialism, at the Humboldt University of Berlin.


PUBLICATIONS

The Volk’s Ambivalence
Year of Publication: 2019
Michael WildtYear of Publication: 2019

Whoever speaks of the »Volk« cannot fail to mention the void at its heart. There is always a struggle to define who belongs and who is to be kept out. Not only do language and history determine who is included and who is excluded but ancestry and ethnic attributes as well. In National Socialism the Volk assumed its anti-Semitic and racist form, with violence and self-empowerment...