Acknowledgments	8
	Contents	12
	Abbreviations	14
	Introduction: The Meaning of the German Welfare State	18
	1 Religion, Socialism, and State Welfare in the Weimar Republic	31
	2 The Welfare System in the Neighborhoods: Professionals and Volunteers	47
	3 The Gender of Welfare: Women and Social Work	62
	4 Becoming a Welfare Client	82
	5 Pensioners in the Welfare System	104
	6 Weimar Women on Welfare	131
	7 The State as Parent? Youth Welfare and German Families	152
	8 The Weimar Welfare State's Last Crisis, 1929–1933	167
	9 Hungry and Homeless in the Depression	181
	10 "Welfare Is the Preservation of Labor Power": Unemployment and Work Relief	203
	Conclusion: Toward the Nazi Racial State	219
	Notes	232
	Bibliography	282
	Index	292
	A	292
	B	292
	C	293
	D	294
	E	294
	F	295
	G	295
	H	296
	I	296
	J	296
	K	297
	L	297
	M	297
	N	298
	O	298
	P	298
	Q	299
	R	299
	S	299
	T	301
	U	301
	V	301
	W	301
	Y	302
	Z	302
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