Translated from the German and with a Foreword by Volker R. Berghahn The only comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the most fateful period in modern German history between 1929-1933.

In this ground-breaking study based on ethnographic research in Formentera, in the Balearic Islands, the author demonstrates that European kinship can become central to anthropological explanation once it is understood from a symbolic and cultural perspective. This book is an outstanding example of ethnographic analysis which is sensitive to the findings of demographic and historical research.