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Contending with Hitler

Contending with Hitler

Contending with Hitler

Varieties of German Resistance in the Third Reich
David Clay Large, University of Montana
June 1994
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    Contending with Hitler is a distillation of recent scholarship on Germany's domestic resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. Consisting of twelve original essays, 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 such as 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.

    • Hardback edition was widely reviewed
    • Hitler and the Nazis continue to be a subject of great interest
    • Willy Brandt, the former West German chancellor, is a contributor

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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 History

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    June 1994
    Paperback
    9780521466684
    208 pages
    229 × 152 × 12 mm
    0.31kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Contributors
    • Willy Brandt, Theodore Ellenoff, David Clay Large, Martin Broszat, Detlev J. K. Peukert, Claudia Koonz, Konrad Kwiet, Michael Kruger-Charle, Peter Steinbach, Thomas Childers, Peter Hoffman, Klemens Von Klemperer, Charles Maier, Hans Mommsen

    • Editor
    • David Clay Large , University of Montana