The Nazi Party in the Fast East, 1931-45
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10073667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald M McKale (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-311 |
| Publication date | 1977-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200947701200205 |
| OpenAlex | W2148641637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
A common feature of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy was their pursuit of foreign policies along two separate but parallel directions. One side involved the orthodox channels of intergovernmental diplomacy represented by the Foreign Ministries of each country, while the second element centred around the propaganda and subversive work abroad of such unofficial agencies as the Fascist League of North America and groups of Hitler's Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) operating outside Germany.1 If this system was dualistic and confusing in nature, its basic goal was always to increase the influence of fascism or National Socialism around the world and to establish in selected countries the political and economic hegemony of the dictatorships. While the activities of Nazi party organizations in the United States, Latin America, and Southwest Africa have been studied at great length, the penetration of Asia and the Far East by the NSDAP has gone virtually unnoticed.2 Two important aspects of Hitler's policy toward the Far East were his racial ideology and the Nazi party's use of German communities in China, Japan, India, Australia, and the Dutch East Indies as pawns of German policy. According to unofficial estimates at the end of the 1920s, roughly 357,480 Germans and persons of Geman descent (Volksdeutschen) lived in Asia and the Pacific islands. In 1937 Nazi statisticians counted 14,020 German nationals residing in the Far East (Auslandsdeutschen), of which 2,035 (14.51 per cent) were party members.3 Already in 1931 and 1932, long before the German and Japanese
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |