Resisting Nazism
True Stories of Resistance to the World's Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present
Resisting Nazism
True Stories of Resistance to the World's Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present
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Nazism has always faced resistance: from the German artists who caricatured the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS to try and expose the Holocaust in the 1940s, or the people who uncovered former Nazis as part of a groundbreaking documentary in the 1970s. Resisting Nazism is the first book to connect such stories, painting a vivid picture of resistance to hatred and extremism across the generations.
Built on original interviews with the people involved, their families, and their colleagues, as well as deep research, this book is a response to far-right populist threats and antisemitism that increasingly resemble the Nazi past. Each of its twelve chapters tells a different story of resistance. Sometimes, these stories involve incredible daring and enormous risk – but they also show that resistance can begin with something as simple as writing your ideas down or showing solidarity with the oppressed.
Table of Contents
Introduction: In Search of My Grandfather
I Cartoons: The Satirists Who Sounded the Alarm on Nazism in the 1920s
II Sebastian Haffner: The Lost Book by the German Who Fled the Nazis and Helped the Allies
III The Edelweiss Pirates: The Working-Class German Children Who Resisted Nazism
IV Kurt Gerstein: The SS Man Who Tried to Blow the Whistle on the Nazis' Extermination Camps
V Alexander Pechersky: The Jewish Soldier Who Led an Uprising in a Nazi Extermination Camp
VI Field Security Sections: Finding and Arresting War Criminals in the Ruins of Nazi Germany
VII Leon Bass: The Black American Soldier Who Told the World About Buchenwald
VIII Emmi Bonhoeffer: The German Activist Who Helped Holocaust Survivors in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial
IX Gitta Sereny: The Journalist Who Interviewed a Nazi Mass Murderer
X Shoah: The People Who Got Nazi War Criminals to Discuss Their Crimes on Camera
XI The Holtzman Amendment: The People Who Expelled Nazi War Criminals From the United States
XII Formers: The American Neo-Nazis Who Turned on Their Beliefs
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Further Reading
Works Cited
Product details
| Published | Jan 22 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9798881800697 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 15 images |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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