Originally presented as the author's thesis, Mannheim, 1970. / Bibliography: p. 436-448.

The Master's thesis aims to map and analyse especially pre-war correspondence from Berlin sent by Czechoslovak envoy Vojtěch Mastný since his accession to the Berlin embassy to the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The work is divided into six chapters, while its goal is to analyze the opinions, the nature of its political messages and reflections of the Czechoslovak diplomat at the pre-war political development in Germany. This subjective perception of the historical events and context is further compared with contemporary literature so it is possible to make a reconstruction of dramatic turn of events after 1933. The thesis also deals with social and political situation in Germany after World War I, the Czechoslovak-German relations and the life of a Czech diplomat V. Mastný.

The aim of this work is to analyse the development of relationships of German elite generals towards Adolf Hitler during Soviet Union Campaign in 1941-1945. It's necessary to follow these relationships from 1933, because they changed dramatically. In brief, Führer's behaviour to generals and his interventions to army issues will be describe. The main field of this work is the analysis of war operations during fights with Soviet Union from the point of view of Nazi generals and Führer. The basics of the work come from the ideas of generals and other important personalities close to Hitler written in their memoirs that are confronted with the historical literature.

This diploma thesis deals with the relationship between two important figures at Nazi Germany during the Second World War - Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Goering. Although these two men participated on a large scale in shaping the policy of the Third Reich, their relationship went through a various stages during a war time. They did not get along afterwards and the initial euphoria and confidence of their relationship did not last long. As a time went it started to appear partial disagreements that resulted rupturing of work and personal relationship. This so called "cooperation" of both the in the Nazi Germany during the war of the 20th century is the core of this work.

The critical component of this thesis, “Hitler Comedy”, is a dissertation on the intersection between comedy theory in general, and the specific practice of Hitler comedy. Focusing on Bertolt Brecht’s play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1941; directed by Heiner Müller in 1995), and Dani Levy’s film Mein Führer: the Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (2007), my argument critiques existing “instrumentalist” theories of comedy as didactic and morally reductive. Moving beyond prevailing conceptualisations of comedy as corrective and/or forgiving, my dissertation emphasises the centrality of pleasure, displeasure and disruption for audience members in the process of their experiencing Hitler comedies. / The creative component of this thesis is a script and a DVD recording of Hitlerhoff, a theatre and multimedia work that combines the characters of Adolf Hitler and David Hasselhoff into a single hybrid figure. Hitlerhoff is a spectacular black comedy that uses comedy to entertain and unsettle, and to disrupt audience members’ expectations. Hitlerhoff is a practical demonstration of the ability of “irresponsible” comedy to act as a potent catalyst for “responsible”, ethically engaged discussions.

The author of this study explored the works of C.S. Lewis as well as memoirs and scholarship concerning his work to illustrate his transformational leadership. Works reviewed included Lewis's fiction, such as his science fiction trilogy and his children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as his works of nonfiction, such as essays that addressed social issues. The secondary aim for the author of this study was to determine whether the transformational qualities Lewis exhibited also existed in his characters. Transformational leadership served as the conceptual framework for the descriptive explanatory qualitative design. Essentially the study analyzed the primary works of Lewis and subsequent scholarship through the lens of transformational leadership. Data collected included document review, interviews with Lewis scholars, and observations. Synthesis of the data revealed that Lewis possessed the 4 qualities of transformational leadership established by Bass (1985). Derived from a blended evaluation of scholarship, observational data, and interview responses, findings indicated that Lewis exhibited the 4 qualities of transformational leadership: Idealized influence, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation, and Individual Consideration. In addition, Lewis created a transformational leader in Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia and depicted pseudotransformational leadership in both his science fiction trilogy and The Chronicles of Narnia. The author of this study explored a contextual and historical view of Lewis as a veteran of World War I and a voice of hope during World War II. During the period pseudotransformational leadership existed in the reality of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime and echoed in the literature of Lewis in the N.I.C.E. organization from the science fiction trilogy and Shift from The Chronicles of Narnia. Recommendations for further study encourage future scholars to expand the roster of transformational leaders to include artists and thinkers and to examine various aspects of Lewis yet needing research.

This study makes use not only of German documents captured during the Second World War but of personal accounts of major figures of the Third Reich and their testimony at the Nuremberg Trials. Organized into five chapters, this study surveys Nazi- Soviet relations from 1939 to 1941, from the German viewpoint, with emphasis on Adolf Hitler's assessment of Russian policies and Germany's wartime situation, both of which factors shaped his decision to invade the USSR. The conclusion is that Hitler saw his attack on the Soviet Union as a preventive war, carried out to destroy a growing threat to the Reich. He interpreted Russian activities during the period 1939-1941 as designed to strengthen the USSR strategically against Germany in preparation for intervention in the ongoing conflict with Britain.

The master's thesis focuses on analysis of selected Czechoslovakian party - controlled press a through it seeks to analyse attitude of Czechoslovakian political parties (belonging to to various ends of political spectrum) towards foreign and domestic policy of German government representatives and events that were taking place on the political scene of the Weimar Republic on the brink of its existence from January 1932 to Nazi seizure of power in the end of January 1933. Main emphasis of this thesis is on the analysis and interpretation of media reflection of political events taking place in Germany and political actions made by presidential cabinets headed by Heinrich Brüning, Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher in the time of crisis, when instability of Weimar political system become fully apparent - this crisis eventually led to the collapse of parliamentary democracy and the rise Nazism in the interwar Germany. The thesis also deals with the reflection of parliamentary and presidential elections. Three central newspapers of Czechoslovakian political parties were selected for the analysis - Právo lidu of leftist Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická, Venkov of rightist Republikánská strana zemědělského a malorolnického lidu and Lidové listy of centrist Československá strana...

<p>I min uppsats försöker jag ta reda på om man kan säga att Adolf Hitler uppfattade sig som en religiös ledare, sänd av Gud. Situationen i Tyskland, under sekelskiftet och framåt, var mycket svår för många grupper. Deras tidigare liv hade raserats efter första världskrigets nederlag och för många människor fanns inte längre någon tydlig ledare. Ledarna som fanns innan Hitler tog makten var svaga och folket behövde en stark ledare, ansågs det. Då inträder Hitler på den politiska arenan och ser sig själv som den starke, självklare ledaren och folket, det lättleda och svaga, trodde sig behöva honom som ledare. År 1921 blir han <em>Führer</em>,<strong><em> </em></strong>för NSDAP (Nationalsocialistiska tyska arbetarpartiet) med ambition att skapa det Tredje riket. Till folket säger han att de och han har fått ett uppdrag av Gud. Det folket måste inse är att judarna är deras största fiende enligt Hitler. Han hade studerat katolska kyrkan och imponerades både över makten och också den sammanhållande förmåga som kyrkan hade över människorna. Han beundrade även prakten. Här fann han underlag för sina egna idéer och många av kyrkans symboler gjordes till nazismens symboler. Att vara mot Hitler och nazismen var det samma som att vara mot Tyskland, sitt eget land påstods det. Många följde därför Adolf Hitler och därför kommer jag även att presentera hur han uppfattades av personer i hans närmaste omgivning.</p>

I min uppsats försöker jag ta reda på om man kan säga att Adolf Hitler uppfattade sig som en religiös ledare, sänd av Gud. Situationen i Tyskland, under sekelskiftet och framåt, var mycket svår för många grupper. Deras tidigare liv hade raserats efter första världskrigets nederlag och för många människor fanns inte längre någon tydlig ledare. Ledarna som fanns innan Hitler tog makten var svaga och folket behövde en stark ledare, ansågs det. Då inträder Hitler på den politiska arenan och ser sig själv som den starke, självklare ledaren och folket, det lättleda och svaga, trodde sig behöva honom som ledare. År 1921 blir han Führer, för NSDAP (Nationalsocialistiska tyska arbetarpartiet) med ambition att skapa det Tredje riket. Till folket säger han att de och han har fått ett uppdrag av Gud. Det folket måste inse är att judarna är deras största fiende enligt Hitler. Han hade studerat katolska kyrkan och imponerades både över makten och också den sammanhållande förmåga som kyrkan hade över människorna. Han beundrade även prakten. Här fann han underlag för sina egna idéer och många av kyrkans symboler gjordes till nazismens symboler. Att vara mot Hitler och nazismen var det samma som att vara mot Tyskland, sitt eget land påstods det. Många följde därför Adolf Hitler och därför kommer jag även att presentera hur han uppfattades av personer i hans närmaste omgivning.