Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Ewiges Deutschland as an Examination of Popular Political Culture in National Socialist Germany 1939-1940 Howard Joseph Sherrick Jr. Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/205 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. © Howard Joseph Sherrick, Jr. 2011 All Rights Reserved Ewiges Deutschland (Eternal Germany) as an Examination of Popular Political Culture in National Socialist Germany 1939-1940 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University by Howard Joseph Sherrick, Jr. B.A., College of William and Mary, 1984 M.B.A., University of Richmond, 1991 Director: Dr. Joseph W. Bendersky, Professor, Department of History, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia May 6, 2011 Acknowledgment The author wishes to acknowledge all those who made this project a success. I would like to thank my director, Dr. Joseph W. Bendersky for his advice, counsel and support, and most especially for his unending patience and understanding. I also wish to thank Fr. Verena Kleinschmidt and the Westermann Archive in Brauschweig, Germany, for the help I received in preparing this thesis. I am also indebted to Kathryn L.