The Myth of the Twentieth Century (German: Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts) is a 1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg. It was intended to be a sequel to the 1899 book The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century and included views by Rosenberg on race, Jews, religion, and other topics.
The book became a bestseller. Rosenberg was later awarded the first State Prize for Art and Science. The official document accompanying the prize "expressly praises Rosenberg as a 'person who has, in a scientific and penetrating manner, laid the firm foundation for an understanding of the ideological bases of National Socialism."
Description:
The Myth of the Twentieth Century (German: Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts) is a 1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg. It was intended to be a sequel to the 1899 book The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century and included views by Rosenberg on race, Jews, religion, and other topics.
The book became a bestseller. Rosenberg was later awarded the first State Prize for Art and Science. The official document accompanying the prize "expressly praises Rosenberg as a 'person who has, in a scientific and penetrating manner, laid the firm foundation for an understanding of the ideological bases of National Socialism."