Geoffrey J Giles

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ID986683
NAMEGeoffrey J Giles
GIVEN NAMESGeoffrey J
FAMILY NAMEGiles
SIGNATUREGILES G J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Florida
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS60
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT60
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
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  • Aus dem Volkskörper entfernt”? Homosexuelle Männer im Nationalsozialismus

    Open AccessGeoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History2020

    Enthusiastic policemen, assigned to entrap homosexuals in public toilets, would sometimes allow themselves to enjoy a little oral sex before making their arrest, despite Heinrich Himmler’s clear instruction that they should not engage the suspect quite that closely. This is not a new insight, but Alexander Zinn does distil a great deal of information from the extensive research published in recent years on the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi G…

  • Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer”

    Open AccessGeoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History2018

    Resist the temptation to let out a groan about the appearance of yet another history of Nazi Germany. Having lectured on the Third Reich for over 35 years, I had few expectations that yet another textbook on the topic contained very much that would spark my imagination. Yet this compact and wide-ranging survey by Dietmar Süß is a worthwhile addition to the bookshelves of students and scholars alike. The tone of the book, amidst a good deal of fac…

  • Shaping the New Man

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History2017

    ‘This book is ... the first English-language monograph in almost thirty years on Italian Fascist youth organizations’, claims the author (p. 8). Yet in fact Alessio Ponzi has written a rather run-of-the-mill administrative history of the type appearing in the 1970s. It does not really supersede the admirable 1985 study by Tracy Koon to which he is referring. Meanwhile there has appeared a book by Ute Schleimer in 2004, which in addition compares …

  • Sex in the Weimar Republic

    Open AccessGeoffrey J GilesARTICLEJournal of History2016

  • The Persecution of Gay Men and Lesbians During the Third Reich

    Geoffrey J GilesCHAPTERThe Routledge history of the…2015

  • Hitler's Hangman

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History2013

    ‘Please don’t laugh now’, wrote Lina Heydrich to her parents in March 1933, ‘[Reinhard] will become commissioner of the political police. I had to laugh so hard’ (p. 66). It did seem a strange appointment for the husband she considered to be ‘politically . . . clueless’ (p. 36). Yet it was she who had set him on this path. Already ‘a convinced Nazi and a vehement antisemite’ before they even met, Lina barely hesitated to push her out-of-work and …

  • Legislating Homophobia in the Third Reich

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History2005Cited by: 2

    In the summer of 1935, Nazi legislators revised §175 of the German penal code to close what state prosecutors had long regarded as an irritating loophole. Instead of requiring proof of penetrative sex acts for a conviction for homosexuality, courts could henceforth apply much wider interpretations of a homosexual act. Historians have hitherto assumed that the amendment to §175 was a reaction to the Röhm Purge one year earlier, but this article sh…

  • The Hitler Library

    Geoffrey J Giles, Philipp Gassert et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review2003

    Preface Introduction Bibliography: Hitler's Books Appendix I: Brown University and Other Miscellaneous Private Collections of Hitler's Books Appendix II: Books in the Third Reich Collection not Belonging to Hitler Appendix III: Books of Uncertain Provenance in the Third Reich Collection Appendix IV: Books from the Reich Chancellery (Hoover Institution Achives) Index

  • Wegen der zu erwartenden hohen Strafe

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2003

    1University of Florida Wegen der zu erwartenden hohen Strafe: Homosexuellenverfolgung in Berlin, 1933–1945 AndreasPretzelGabrieleRoßbach BerlinRosa Winkel 2000348€16.00

  • Homosexuelle Männer im KZ Sachsenhausen

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2003

    1University of Florida Homosexuelle Männer im KZ Sachsenhausen JoachimMüllerAndreasSternweiler BerlinRosa Winkel 2000397€18.41

  • The Denial of Homosexuality

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEJournal of the History of Sexuality2002

    In public, Heinrich Himmler minimized the existence of same-sex sexuality within the elite Schutzstaffel (SS). "In the whole of the SS there occur about eight to ten cases per year," Himmler announced to his senior SS generals in February 1937, clearly satisfied that the "problem" of homosexuality was almost solved. Soon he hoped to reduce the number further by sending miscreants to concentration camps and having them "shot while trying to escape…

  • Yearbook of European Studies - Annuaire d' Etudes Europeennes. Vol. 13. Germany and Eastern Europe

    Monika Shafi, Keith Bullivant et al.ARTICLEThe German Quarterly2001

    Bullivant, Keith, Geoffrey Giles, and Walter Page, eds. Yearbook of European Studies - Annuaire d'Etudes Europeennes. Vol. 13. and Europe: Cultural Identities and Cultural Differences. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1999. 373pp. $30.50 paperback. The cover of this volume is adorned by a cartoon that depicts the European nations, embodied by their soldiers, engaged in vicious combat. A soldier, dressed in World War I garb, dominates the pictures, lashing out …

  • Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert. Burgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Offentlichkeit, 1848-1914

    Geoffrey J Giles, Andreas W Daum et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review2001

  • Empire of Ecstasy

    Geoffrey J Giles, Karl ToepferARTICLEGerman Studies Review2000

  • Popular Education and New Media

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEPaedagogica Historica2000Cited by: 2

    Competition between manufacturers led to the insertion of collectible cards in cigarette packs, which often provided pictorial lessons in geography or natural history for young people. By the early 1930s albums with text for the sets of cards began to appear. The Nazis’ own cigarette company, Sturm, issued series on “German Uniforms” in 1932. By the early 1930s the prominent Reemtsma cigarette company was distributing 250,000 albums per month. Th…

  • Requiem for a German Past

    Geoffrey J Giles, Jurgen HerbstARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly2000

    Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is an understated tale of moral awakening. He illustrates how easy it was for a German boy without strong convictions or religious hatred to climb into a position of leadership in the Nazi Jungvolk - indeed, how difficult it would have been for him not to end up in such a place. He offers a unique perspective on everyday life in extreme circumstances

  • Blut und Paukboden. Eine Geschichte der Burschenschaften

    Geoffrey J Giles, Dietrich Heither et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review1999

  • Reforming Sex

    Geoffrey J Giles, Atina GrossmannARTICLEGerman Studies Review1997

  • Art, Ideology, and Economics in Nazi Germany

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEGerman History1997

    Journal Article Art, Ideology, and Economics in Nazi Germany: The Reich Chambers of Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts Get access Geoffrey J. Giles Geoffrey J. Giles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 1997, Pages 294–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/gh/15.2.294 Published: 01 April 1997

  • Reeducation at Heidelberg University

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEPaedagogica Historica1997

    Gegenstand der Betrachtung sind die Umerziehungsmaßnahmen an der Universität Heidelberg nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Obwohl vor 1947 in der amerikanischen Besatzungszone keine offizielle Hochschulpolitik existierte, war für die Professoren dieser Universität schon im Sommer 1945 klar, daß eine Demokratisierung der Hochschulen eingeleitet werden mußte. Um sich nicht auf schlecht ausgebildete amerikanische Erziehungsoffiziere verlassen zu müssen, er…

  • Die Macht der Trunkenheit

    Geoffrey J Giles, Hasso SpodeARTICLEThe American Historical Review1996

  • The Racial State

    Geoffrey J GilesREVIEWGerman Studies Review1996

    Part I. The Setting: 1. How modern, German, and totalitarian was the Third Reich? Some major historiographical controversies 2. Barbarous utopias: racial idealogies in Germany 3. Barbarism institutionalised: racism as state policy Part II. The 'Purification' Of The Body Of The Nation: 4. The persecution of the Jews 5. The persecution of Sinti and Roma, and other ethnic minorities 6. The persecution of the 'hereditarily ill', the 'asocial', and ho…

  • Straight talk for Nazi youth. The attempt to transmit heterosexual norms

    Geoffrey J GilesARTICLEPaedagogica Historica1996References: 1

    While male bonding has long been accepted to be a crucial part of the identity of the Nazi movement, scant attention has been given to the question of sexuality by serious scholars.This article looks at the question of the transmission of sexual values and norms in a twofold manner. The main focus is on sex education, which after 1933 reversed the trend toward openness that the socialists had promoted in the 1920s. The way in which women were des…

  • Krise-Umbruch-Neubeginn

    Geoffrey J Giles, Rainer Eckert et al.ARTICLEGerman Studies Review1994

  • Un-Sichtbare Frauen. Lesben und ihre Emanzipation in der DDR

    Geoffrey J Giles, Ursula SillgeARTICLEGerman Studies Review1993