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Author: Joachim C. Fest
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1997-09-15
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780805056488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author documents more than a dozen plots to assassinate Hitler, surprisingly, from conservative and military circles within Germany.
Author: Hans Mommsen
Publisher:
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781417556939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Louis R. Eltscher
Publisher: McNidder & Grace
Published: 2020-03-07
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 0857162047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a classic morality tale – a story of the eternal struggle between good and evil. It speaks of those who resisted that evil and of those who succumbed to it. Little is known about those whose courage and conviction drove them to risk and lose everything to bring the Third Reich to an end. The story of Georg Elser and his attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler encapsulates the wider story of the anti-Nazi German resistance almost perfectly. All the moral and ethical issues and the practical problems that the resisters faced are found in his story. In sum, it is a microcosm of the larger story. Elser personified the entire resistance movement! Presented within the broader context of German history and contemporary world events, this comprehensive study relies on extensive historiography by noted scholars to produce a well-balanced, timely narrative of the German resistance to one of history's most violent regimes. Traitors or Patriots? tells a story of incredible courage and conviction that transcends time and place—a story for our own time and for all time.
Author: Peter Hoffmann
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780674350861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHoffmann examines the growing recognition by some Germans in the 1930s of the malign nature of the Nazi regime, the ways in which these people became involved in the resistance, and the views of those who staked their lives in the struggle against tyranny and murder.
Author: Klemens Von Klemperer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 0191513342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKlemens von Klemperer's scholarly and detailed study uncovers the beliefs and activities of numerous individuals who fought against Nazism within Germany, and traces their many efforts to forge alliances with Hitler's opponents outside the Third Reich. -;Klemens von Klemperer's scholarly and detailed study uncovers the beliefs and activities of numerous individuals who fought against Nazism within Germany, and traces their many efforts to forge alliances with Hitler's opponents outside the Third Reich. Measured by conventional standards of diplomacy, the foreign ventures of the German Resistance ended in failure. The Allied agencies, notably the British Foreign Office and the US State Department, were ill prepared to deal with the unorthodox approaches of the Widerstand. Ultimately, the Allies' policy of absolute silence', the Grand Alliance with the Soviet Union, and the demand for unconditional surrender' pushed the war to its final denouement, disregarding the German. Resistance. -;a massive work by a distinguished historian - New Statesman and Society;a detailed, sympathetic, and meticulously documented chronicle of German resistance diplomacy - Journal of Military History;a superbly researched study - Financial Times
Author: Elena Perekrestov
Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications
Published: 2017-03-01
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0884654567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the height of World War II, a small band of students in Munich, Germany, formed a clandestine organization called the White Rose, which exposed the Nazi regime's murderous atrocities and called for its overthrow. In its first anti-Nazi tract, the group wrote, "...Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be 'governed' without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct..." The students risked everything to struggle against a world that had lost its moorings. Early in 1943 key members of the group were discovered and executed. Among those put to death was Alexander Schmorell, a young man of Russian birth whose family came to Germany when he was a small boy. This biography eloquently recounts the journey of an energetic and talented young man who loved life but who, deeply inspired by his Orthodox Christian faith, was willing to sacrifice it as a testimony to his faith in God that had taught him to love beauty and freedom, both of which the Nazis sought to destroy. In 2012, the Russian Orthodox Church officially recognized him as a martyr and saint. The story of Alexander's life and death is made available to English readers here for the first time, vividly illustrated with black and white photographs.
Author: Wolfgang Benz
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Randall Hansen
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2014-05-20
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 0307368009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth horrifying and life-affirming, Disobeying Hitler tells the untold story of German revolt against the dying Nazi tyranny. Anyone with even a passing interest in the Second World War knows about the plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. There was even a Tom Cruise movie. But the story of the great wave of resistance that arose in the year that followed--with far-reaching consequences--has never been told before. Drawing on newly opened archives, acclaimed historian Randall Hansen shows that many high-ranking Nazis, and average German citizens in far greater numbers than previously recognized, reacted defiantly to the Fuhrer's by then manifest insanity. Together they spared cities from being razed, and prevented the needless obliteration of industry and infrastructure. Disobeying Hitler presents new evidence on three direct violations of orders made personally by Adolf Hitler: The refusal by the commander of Paris to destroy the city; Albert Speer's refusal to implement a scorched earth policy in Germany; and the failure to defend Hamburg against invading British forces. In gripping, story-driven style, Disobeying Hitler shows how the brave resistence of soldiers and civilians, under constant threat of death, was crucial for the outcome of the war. Their bravery saved countless lives and helped lay the foundations for European economic recovery--and continued peace
Author: Norman Ohler
Publisher:
Published: 2021-07
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781838952136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Hoffmann
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1996-10-08
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13: 0773566406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English version of the book has been extensively revised and expanded since its original publication in German. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.
