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The Flame of Freedom: The German Struggle Against Hitler » Read Now
by Eberhard Zeller, R. P. Heller, D. R. Masters. 471 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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American Intelligence and the German Resistance to Hitler: A Documentary History » Read Now
by Jurgen Heidekinq, Christof Mauch. 460 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...American Intelligence and the German Resistance to Hitler Widerstand: Dissent and...American Intelligence and the German Resistance to Hitler: A Documentary...
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German Resistance against Hitler: The Search for Allies Abroad, 1938-1945 » Read Now
by Klemens Von Klemperer. 488 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book traces the many efforts of the German Resistance to forge alliances with Hitler's opponents outside Germany. The Allied agencies, notably the British Foreign Office and the U.S. State Department, were ill-prepared to deal with the unorthodox approaches of the Widerstand. Ultimately, the...
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This book traces the many efforts of the German Resistance to forge alliances with Hitler's opponents outside Germany. The Allied agencies, notably the British Foreign Office and the U.S. 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. Von Klemperer's scholarly and detailed study uncovers the activities and beliefs of numerous individuals who fought against Nazism within Germany. He explores the formation of their policy and analyzes the relations of the Resistance with the Vatican and the ecumenical movement, the intelligence agencies of the Allied powers, and the resistance movements outside Germany. Measured by the conventional standards of diplomacy, the German Resistance to Hitler was a failure. However, von Klemperer shows that many of the principles and strategies of the German Resistance, albeit ignored or overridden by the Allies during wartime, were to find their place in the concerns of international relations in the post-war period.
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Women against Hitler: Christian Resistance in the Third Reich » Read Now
by Theodore N. Thomas. 170 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Adolf Hitler declared war on Christianity when he silenced the Catholic Church with a diplomatic treaty and arranged for a Nazi Army chaplain to become supreme bishop over the Protestants of Germany. The "Confessing Church" resisted. Pastors were muzzled, put under house arrest, jailed, and held for...
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Adolf Hitler declared war on Christianity when he silenced the Catholic Church with a diplomatic treaty and arranged for a Nazi Army chaplain to become supreme bishop over the Protestants of Germany. The "Confessing Church" resisted. Pastors were muzzled, put under house arrest, jailed, and held for years in concentration camps. Thousands were drafted and sent to the war to die, while others were murdered outright. The result was a lack of "man"-power. Women stepped in. Pastors' wives replaced their absent husbands in the pulpits, and Theologinnen--theologically trained women--preached and assumed administration of the orphaned parishes. Women fought to save their civil rights, and freedoms of speech, assembly, press, and religion. Some went to jail. Some died. A social and theological revolution thus erupted when women stood by the side of men in leadership positions in the church.
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The Conspiracy against Hitler in the Twilight War » Read Now
by Harold C. Deutsch. 398 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...drama of resistance to the National...between anti-German and neo-Nazi...reluctance of Hitlers disbursed...unresistingly to Hitlers regime felt...proportion to...
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Target Hitler: The Plots to Kill Adolf Hitler » Read Now
by James P. Duffy, Vincent L. Ricci. 229 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The infamous reign of Adolf Hitler occurred half a century ago, but how he managed to escape so many attempts on his life remains a mystery. Target Hitler addresses the subject anew and is the only book for general audiences that recounts this fascinating topic in depth. James P. Duffy and Vincent...
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The infamous reign of Adolf Hitler occurred half a century ago, but how he managed to escape so many attempts on his life remains a mystery. Target Hitler addresses the subject anew and is the only book for general audiences that recounts this fascinating topic in depth. James P. Duffy and Vincent L. Ricci have pulled together the known and hitherto unknown facts about the German resistance to create an absorbing tale. Although many Germans harbored deep hatred for the Nazis and risked their lives trying to topple their regime, most of these would-be assassins were forgotten or slighted in the history of that period. The authors wish to right that wrong. This eminently readable narrative concentrates on the efforts of a group of conspirators within the German army who first began to plot against Hitler in the fall of 1938, and whose story culminates in the famous July 1944 bombing. Bound together by their religious beliefs and a determination to rid their homeland of the Nazi scourge, some of these men were,generals, one a field marshal. It is intriguing to think how the course of world history would have been altered had these men accomplished their mission. That fate denied such an outcome is tragic. But now, at least, the bravery of those who tried to rid the world of the horror Hitler inflicted will be remembered.
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They Almost Killed Hitler: Based on the Personal Account of Fabian Von Schlabrendorff » Read Now
by Gero V. S. Gaevernitz. 150 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...existence within Hitlers Germany of an "Underground...That such a Resistance was operating...was known to us in the...ATTEMPT THE German Resistance movement...beginning...
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Germany's Underground (1947) » Read Now
by Allen Welsh Dulles. 210 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Nazis. As Hitler gained one...increased to the point...band of Germans dared to...clandestine resistance. Those who...scope of the resistance in other Hitler...
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The German Opposition to Hitler, an Appraisal (1948) » Read Now
by Hans Rothfels. 172 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Against the Third Reich: Paul Tillich's Wartime Addresses to Nazi Germany » Read Now
by Paul Tillich. 278 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...audience. To call anti-Nazi...activities within Hitlers Germany a resistance "movement...with others to plan for German rule after Hitler. In the...haven for resistance...
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The German Resistance: Carl Goerdeler's Struggle against Tyranny » Read Now
by Gerhard Ritter, R. T. Clark. 337 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...victims of Hitlers executioners...important to make known...guiding the German Resistance movement...history of the German Resistance movement...Goerdeler circle to Hitler...
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The Von Hassell Diaries, 1938-1944: The Story of the Forces against Hitler inside Germany, as Recorded by Ambassador Ulrich Von Hassell, a Leader of the Movement (1947) » Read Now
by Ulrich Von Hassell. 400 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...various processions which Hitler had commended and which thus...Minerva three yards high is to be wrought of silver as enduring evidence of German artistry in...
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Heroes or Traitors: The German Replacement Army, the July Plot, and Adolf Hitler » Read Now
by Walter S. Dunn Jr. 181 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

When a German victory became impossible, the July 1944 conspirators plotted to bring a quick end to the war, hoping to negotiate a peace with the Western allies and possibly to join them in a war against Russia. Because the Allies would not negotiate with Hitler, the plotters planned to assassinate...
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When a German victory became impossible, the July 1944 conspirators plotted to bring a quick end to the war, hoping to negotiate a peace with the Western allies and possibly to join them in a war against Russia. Because the Allies would not negotiate with Hitler, the plotters planned to assassinate him and seize control of the government, using the Replacement Army to overcome the S.S. and the Nazi Party. Dunn examines the 1944 July Plot from a manpower and logistics perspective to demonstrate that the conspirators did, in fact, achieve their goal of hastening the war's end.
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