- 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.
