ABSTRACT

This is a thematically arranged text illustrating popular resisitance to Nazism in Germany from 1930-1945, and the affect of Nazism on everyday life. The book combines a lucid, synthesized analysis together with a wide selection of integrated source material taken from pamphlets, diaries, recent oral testimonies, correspondence and more. Different chapters focus on social groups and activities, such as youth movements, religion, Jewish Germans, and the working classes.

chapter |22 pages

1 National Socialism

What was its character and immediate appeal?

chapter |23 pages

2 The workers

Class action?

chapter |22 pages

3 The churches

Opposition born of belief?

chapter |25 pages

4 Youth

Rebels for which cause?

chapter |24 pages

5 Conservative élites

Successful opposition from the men of 20 July?

chapter |20 pages

6 Germany's Jewish citizens

Like lambs to the slaughter?

chapter |24 pages

7 Exploring the inexplicable

What was the relationship between ordinary Germans and racial policy?

chapter |16 pages

8 Opposition, resistance and German society

Black and white, or grey?

chapter |2 pages

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