Product Description

German resistance to Hitler is a central element of the history of Nazism. In this text, contemporary historian Hans Mommsen reveals the diversity of the political aims held by these "other Germans". He analyses the ideologies of the assassination plot of 20th July 1944, as well as those of the Kreisau Circle and the conservative, socialist, church and military oppositions. These resistance groups all endeavoured to find a viable alternative to Hitler and to achieve a moral renewal of politics and society - although many of them rejected democracy and had a sometimes ambivalent attitude towards the persecution of the Jews.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408503 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-25
• Original language: German
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Review
"a distinguished and prolific writer... There is much here that will be of value to both the historian and the political scientist." June 2004, German Politics Journal, review by David Taylor (University of Huddersfield)

About the Author
Hans Mommsen born in 1930, is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the Ruhr University in Bochum, and one of the most eminent historians of 20th Century Germany.

Customer Reviews

A real eye-opener!
I thought knew all about the resistance to Hitler but this book was a total eye-opener. It's simply amazing: the story of that famous, doomed assassination attempt (East Prussia 1944) has never been told better, but here also you have the stories of the other, everyday resisters like the simple carpenter who nearly succeeded in killing Hitler with a bomb in a Munich beer hall in 1939. (That would make a great 'What if ...'
story for those who enjoy such things!).

This book changed the way I thought about German attitudes to Nazism - I don't see how anyone can begin to understand the story of that terrible time until they have read this book. Essential reading. Full-stop.