Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (472 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781350322424
Inhalt:
For years, the history of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany was hidden and distorted by Cold War politics. Providing a much-needed corrective, Red Orchestra presents the dramatic story of a circle of German citizens who opposed Hitler from the start, choosing to stay in Germany to resist Nazism and help its victims. The book shines a light on this critical movement which was made up of academics, theatre people, and factory workers; Protestants, Catholics and Jews; around 150 Germans all told and from all walks of life. Drawing on archives, memoirs, and interviews with survivors, award-winning scholar and journalist Anne Nelson presents a compelling portrait of the men and women involved, and the terrifying day-to-day decisions in their lives, from the Nazi takeover in 1933 to their Gestapo arrest in 1942. Nelson traces the story of the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) resistance movement within the context of German history, showing the stages of the Nazi movement and regime from the 1920s to the end of the Second World War. She also constructs the narrative around the life of Greta Kuckhoff and other female figures whose role in the anti-Nazi resistance fight is too-often unrecognised or under appreciated. This revised edition includes: * A new introduction which explores elements of the Red Orchestra's experience that resonate with our times, including: the impact of new media technologies; the dangers of political polarization; and the way the judiciary can be shaped to further the ends of autocracy. The introduction will also address the long-standing misconception that the German Resistance only took action when it was clear that Germany was losing the war. * Historiographic updates throughout the book which take account of recent literature and additional archival sources
Inhalt:
"A comprehensive history of one of the most audacious but little-known resistance movements in Nazi Germany that came to enlist over 150 Germans from every walk of life"--
Anmerkung:
Revised Edition Introduction Prologue 1. Great Goes to America 2. Greta and Adam 3. Berlin 4. The Masses and the Media 5. Things Fall Apart 6. The Takeover 7. Denial and Compliance 8. Going to Ground 9. The Prague Express 10. The Gentlemen's Club 11. A Faraway Country 12. The Dinner Party 13. The Birthday Party 14. The Inner Front 15. 'The New Order' 16. All Possible Foolish Rumors 17. The Road to Barbarossa 18. Other Worlds 19. 'Distress About Germany's Future' 20. The Antiwelle 21. Crime and Punishment 22. The Survivors 23. Life in a Cold Climate Acknowledgements Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781350322424
