{"product_id":"9780192862587","title":"Hitler's Personal Prisoner : The Life of Martin Niemoller","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first fully researched biography of Martin Niem�ller (1892-1984). It charts his life from his service in the Imperial German Navy, his work for the Inner Mission and as a Protestant pastor in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem from 1931. Niem�ller's work as a leading figure of the Confessing Church and his contribution to the conflicts over church policy during the Third Reich are analysed and contextualised. Chapters on the post-war period chart Niem�ller's contribution to ecumenism, anti-nuclear pacifism, and his role in rebuilding the West German Protestant Churches.   From 1938 to 1945, Martin Niem�ller was detained as 'Hitler's Personal Prisoner' in Nazi concentration camps. Liberated in April 1945, Niem�ller was widely hailed as an icon of Christian resistance against the Nazi dictatorship. For many years, the Niem�ller legend masked the problematic aspects of his life: his persistent antisemitism, on display even in the post-war period; his nationalism and support of the German war effort even whilst in concentration camp detention; and his disdain for parliamentary democracy. In his biography of the most important twentieth-century German Protestant, Benjamin Ziemann uncovers the 'historical' Niem�ller behind the legend of the resistance hero. Carefully situating Niem�ller's personal trajectory in his wider social milieu -- from the Imperial Navy to the West German peace movement -- Ziemann probes into core themes of twentieth century German history: militarism, National Socialism, German guilt, and moral reconstruction post-1945.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45465720357085,"sku":"9780192862587","price":36.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780192862587.jpg?v=1720100083","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780192862587","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}