- Alcohol and the State in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
- Hermann Fahrenkrug’s shows that, to the Nazi leadership, it was the civic duty of every German to maintain good health in order to support state power.
- Student Drinking in the Third Reich: Academic Tradition and the Nazi Revolution
- Geoffrey J. Giles notes that some Nazis believed that since people belonged to the state they had no right to damage their bodies.
- The Tavern and Politics in the German Labor Movement, c. 1870-1914
- James S. Roberts notes that the tavern was a “vital social center” for the working class in turn of the century Germany.
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- Drowning in Lies
- I am not sure North Americans quite appreciate the centrality of public bathing in northern Europe… In Germany and Scandinavia, where far more people—even in small rural towns—live in apartments, the local municipal pool is an important feature of the summer season.
