Communist Resistance in Nazi Germany
Author : Allan Merson
Publisher : Lawrence & Wishart
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Allan Merson
Publisher : Lawrence & Wishart
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : A. Merson
Publisher : New York University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 1985-04-01
Category : Anti-Nazi movement
ISBN : 9780853156024
Author : John M. Cox
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781433105579
Circles of Resistance: Jewish, Leftist, and Youth Dissidence in Nazi Germany analyzes resistance networks of young German Jews and other young dissidents during the Nazi dictatorship. Young German-Jewish radicals created an intellectually and politically vibrant subculture in Berlin, the geographical focus of this study. The youths analyzed here were reacting not only to Nazi oppression: they were also driven to develop new modes of action and politics by their estrangement not only from German society, but also from the traditional left parties and their post-1933 underground organizations, and even from large segments of Berlin's Jewish community, where radical activism was often regarded as counter-productive and needlessly provocative. At the center of this study are the Herbert Baum groups, led by members of Germany's Communist Party (KPD). While the Baum groups were the largest, they were but one of several resistance operations that were situated partially within the milieu created by Communists, Socialists, Trotskyists, and radical Jewish youths. Based on archival research in Germany, Paris, Amsterdam, and Jerusalem, and interviews with veterans of the anti-Nazi resistance, Circles of Resistance analyzes the overlap of these diverse social and political dimensions among dissident circles and offers a reconsideration of traditional thinking on leftist and Jewish resistance and youth subcultures of the Third Reich. Circles of Resistance will be useful for undergraduate as well as graduate courses on Jewish history, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust, as well as courses devoted to the history of European socialism.
Author : John J. Michalczyk
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820463179
Many critics and some historians consider resistance in Nazi Germany as too little and too late. Few Germans were willing to take risks, and others began to oppose the Third Reich only when the end was in sight. However, despite the threat of prison, concentration camp, or death, there were many diverse groups from the academic, military, and spiritual sectors of society that challenged the Reich's harsh, unjust policies. This book represents the spectrum of these forms of resistance and illustrates the courage of those who dared to confront the Nazi government.
Author : Hermann Graml
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520016620
This book includes four essays, each written by a German specialist, that discuss important problems of the German resistance with judgment and candor, offering the kind of interpretive judgment often lacking in other histories. Hermann Graml shows that as far as foreign policy, the resistance conservatives were never quite able to reconcile their hopes for a supranational solution in central Europe with their desire to fulfill traditional national aims from a position of German strength. Addressing the social policy of resisting groups, Hans Mommsen concludes that a central purpose was the "de-massing of the masses," while rejecting both communism and Western democracy. Hans-Joachim Reichhardt assesses the labor movement, wherein Communist leaders come out badly. Utterly failing to understand the threat of Hitler, they refused to join in efforts to thwart his coming to power. On the efforts of the religious, Ernst Wolf concludes, as have so many others, that the heroic resistance of individual Christians contrasts lamentably with the role played by organized Christianity. These thoughtful essays reinforce the impression gained in larger and more detailed studies: the resistance to Hitler's barbarism by decent German citizens was widespread, genuine--and tragically ineffective.
Author : Hallie Murray
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766098435
Both Jewish and Gentile teens played a key role in resisting the Nazi regime. Students will learn first-hand of the different resistance groups in Nazi Germany, from the anti-authoritarian pranksters Edelweiss Pirates to the communist Baum Group to the anti-fascist Christians of The White Rose. This book also examines resistance outside of Germany. While Western European countries focused on military resistance and rescuing children, resistance in Eastern Europe primarily meant survival, as Aryan-looking Jews became couriers carrying badly-needed food to those in need. Students may be inspired toward high-level ethical discussions of the role children played in certain resistance activities and the impossible choices faced by those embroiled in guerrilla warfare in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Author : Michael Thomsett
Publisher : Crux Publishing Ltd
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 1909979376
Between 1933 and 1945, more than 500,000 German citizens resisted the Nazi government. Many were imprisoned for political crimes which included both active attempts to remove Hitler from office and passive attempts to oppose the Nazi regime. Resistance was found among university students, churches and even in the German military. This fascinating and compelling history of the German resistance covers groups and methods from underground newspapers such as "Rote Kapella" and "Internal Front" to conspiracy movements within the army, that culminated with Operation Valkyrie, a coup d'état and assassination attempt which went terribly wrong.
Author : Frank McDonough
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2001-09-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780521003582
There was much popular support for Hitler's regime in Nazi Germany, and little widespread domestic opposition or resistance. However, a number of individuals amd small groups, from all sections of society, did engage in acts of public defiance or resistance against the regime. This opposition came from the Christian churches; communists, socialists and industrial workers; conservative groups; elements within the army; students and the German youth; and Jews. This book looks at the nature of this opposition and the historical debate surrounding it.
Author : Julia Straub
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 3668912777
Essay from the year 2018 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Ages of World Wars, grade: 1,0, Cardiff University, course: German literature, language: English, abstract: Germany under the regime of Hitler and the Nazis was without a doubt the darkest period of German history. But although the number was small, some Germans indeed tried to resist National Socialism. This essay will deal with this minority of Germans. It aims to answer the question of how much resistance there really was in Germany. Because even though the resistance was small, and they were unable to overthrow Hitler’s regime, it is still a relevant topic to discuss and historians have not settled on one opinion yet. The essay will foremost deal with the question of what forms of resistance there were and what impact they had. But to answer these questions, the essay will start with the question “What is resistance?”, as this is not an easy term to define. The main part of the essay deals with the different forms of resistance which will be analysed by giving examples of people and groups who represented individual forms of resistance. The essay will focus only on the most important forms and events as not all of them can be covered in the size of the essay. The last point will deal with the importance of resistance to the Nazi regime and what impact it had, which is also connected to the question, why the resistance was not bigger.
Author : Martyn Housden
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Anti-Nazi movement
ISBN : 0415121345
Housden examines the complex relationship between ordinary Germans and Hitler's government, including an examination of the popular reactions to Nazism by workers, conservative elites, youth, the churches and Jewish citizens.