Germans Against Nazism

Francis R. Nicosia is Professor of History and Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Nazi Germany and the Arab World (2014) and Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (2008, 2010), and the coauthor of The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (2000).

“…a compilation of twenty learned and erudite articles. The result is a masterwork of impeccable and impressive scholarship. Germans Against Nazism is a core and essential addition to academic library 20th-Century German History reference collections in general, and Nazi History supplemental studies reading lists in particular.” · Midwest Book Review“The relationship between National Socialism and Resistance is a key to understanding the Third Reich, hence it is necessary to understand the resistance in all its complexity, to approach the reality of the Third Reich as closely as possible. This book can help us doing so.” · Francia“Twenty authors have successfully joined forces in this work, which is characterized by a remarkable breadth of subject matter, originality, and archival research.” · Central European History

“Together, they are impressive evidence of the scope and vitality of the history of resistance and of its complexity. One paradox emerges: there is general agreement with Peter Hoffmann's view that German resistance was limited to the exceptional few who operated in a hostile environment.” · English Historical Review

“As the title also makes clear, while Peter Hoffmann's work is most famous for dealing with resistance action by Germany's social elites, this volume recognizes no such limitations.” · The Historical Journal

• List of TablesPrefacePreface to the Paperback EditionPeter Hoffmann’s Bibliography since 1990Chapter 1. Introduction: Resistance to National Socialism in the
 Work of Peter HoffmannFrancis R. NicosiaChapter 2. Surveillance and Disobedience: Aspects of the
 Political Policing of Nazi GermanyRobert GellatelyChapter 3. Conservative Opposition to Nazism in Eutin,
 Schleswig-Holstein, 1932-1933Lawrence D. StokesChapter 4. Self-Defence against Fascism in a Middle-Class
 Community: The Jews in Weimar Germany and BeyondArnold PauckerChapter 5. Jewish Resistance to Nazi Racial Legislation in
 Silesia, 1933-1937Karol JoncaChapter 6. Between Pacifism and Patriotism - A Protestant
 Dilemma: The Case of Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze
John S. ConwayChapter 7. A Radical Minority: Resistance in the German
 Protestant ChurchRobert P. EricksenChapter 8. Catholic Resistance to Biological and Racist 
Eugenics in the Third ReichDonald DietrichChapter 9. Social Unrest and the Response of the Nazi Regime,
1934-1936Ian KershawChapter 10. Peasants and Workers in their Environment: 
Nonconformity and Opposition to National
 Socialism in the Austrian AlpsErnst HanischChapter 11. Social Democratic Resistance Against Hitler and the 
European Tradition of Underground MovementsWilliam Sheridan AllenChapter 12. Dutch Contacts with the Resistance in GermanyGer van RoonChapter 13. The National-Conservatives and Opposition to the
 Third Reich before the Second World WarLeonidas E. HillChapter 14. Between England and Germany: Adam von Trott's
 Contacts with the BritishHenry O. MaloneChapter 15. Waiting for Action: The Debate on the 'Other 
Germany' in Great Britain and the Reaction of the
 Foreign Office to German 'Peace-feelers', 1942Rainer A. BlasiusChapter 16. German Soldiers in the 1938 Munich CrisisHarold C. DeutschChapter 17. Individual Loyalty and Resistance in the German Military: The Case of Sub-Lieutenant Oskar KuschHeinrich WalleChapter 18. 'Resistance' to 'No Surrender': Popular Disobedience in Wurttemberg in 1945Jill StephensonChapter 19. The Uses of Remembrance: The Legacy of the
 Communist Resistance in the German Democratic
 RepublicEve RosenhaftChapter 20. Conclusion: How Far Could the German Resistance 
Have Changed the Course of History?Michael BalfourContributorsBibliographySelected Works since 1990Index