Contending with Hitler
Varieties of German Resistance in the Third Reich
Published on 24. June 1994
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Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-521-46668-4 (ISBN)
Description
Contending with Hitler is a distillation of recent scholarship on Germany's domestic resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. Comprising twelve original essays by leading German and American scholars, it sets forth the issues that specialists and laymen alike must keep in mind as they try to understand the nature and significance of this complex problem. Unlike most histories of the German resistance, this volume does not restrict its focus to well-known opposition factions like the Kreisau Circle and the Twentieth of July conspiracy; rather, it includes investigations of resistance efforts by Jews, women, workers, and young people. The Socialist opposition is illuminated by the personal observations of former West German chancellor, Willy Brandt.
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"...a useful introduction to recent scholarship on the character and implications of the German resistance." James J. Sheehan, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-46668-4 (9780521466684)
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Content
1. Editor's introduction David Clay Large; 2. Willy Brandt; 3. Theodore Ellenoff; 4. Fritz Stern; 5. A social and historical typology of the German opposition to Hitler Martin Broszat; 6. Working-class resistance: problems and options Detlav J. K. Peukert; 7. Choice and courage Claudia Koonz; 8. Resistance and opposition: the example of the German Jews Konrad Kwiet; 9. From reform to resistance: Carl Goerdeler's 1938 memorandum Michael Kruger-Charle; 10. The conservative resistance Peter Steinbach; 11. The Kreisau circle and the 20th of July Thomas Childers; 12. The Seco; 13. The solitary witness: no mere footnote to resistance studies Klemens Von Klemperer; 14. The German resistance in comparative perspective Charles Maier; 15. The political legacy of the German resistance: an historical critique Hans Mommsen; 16. Uses of the Past: the anti-Nazi resistance legacy in the Federal Republic of Germany David Clay Large.