A History of the Münster Anabaptists : Inner Emigration and the Third Reich: A Critical Edition of Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen’s Bockelson: A Tale of Mass Insanity

A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Münster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction. A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction. A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction. A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime. This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction "This book provides an imporant point of access to the phenomenon of Inner Emigration in Germany during the Third Reich. The vivid parallels between Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's 1937 account of the Munster Anabaptist uprising in 1534 and Hitler's Third Reich in Germany make this intriguing work a fascinating document of opposition to the Nazi regime."--Neil H. Donahue, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv Prologue (Prologus)....Pages 1-16 The Beginning of the Tragedy (Incipit Tragoedia)....Pages 17-38 The City of God (Urbs Dei)....Pages 39-51 The Sword (Gladius)....Pages 53-69 The Last Whore (Deterrima Cunnus)....Pages 71-84 King of the Sewer (Rex Cacans)....Pages 85-111 Desperate Hope (Spes Desperata)....Pages 113-135 Starvation (Fames)....Pages 137-152 Day of Wrath (Dies Irae)....Pages 153-164 Lest I Be Burned in Eternal Fire (Ne Perenni Cremer Igni)....Pages 165-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-221