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This guide lists resources for researching resistance to the National Socialist government in Germany before and during World War II. It includes a selection of relevant general books, a list of pre-populated searches of the Harvard Library catalog (HOLLIS), a selection of relevant periodicals, and a list of recommended web resources.
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Selected Reference and General History Books
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Epoch: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Origins, Nature, and Structure of the Nazi State by ISBN: 9780810835580Publication Date: 1998
A Church Undone: Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940 by ISBN: 9781451464726Publication Date: 2015
Circles of Resistance: Jewish, Leftist, and Youth Dissidence in Nazi Germany by ISBN: 9781433105579Publication Date: 2009
Conscience in Revolt: Sixty-Four Stories of Resistance in Germany, 1933-45 by ISBN: 0813321859Publication Date: 1994- Der Volksgerichtshof 1934-1945: Terror Durch "Recht" = The People's Court 1934-1945: When Nazi Terror Became Law by ISBN: 9783941772373Publication Date: 2018
Family Punishment in Nazi Germany: Sippenhaft, Terror, and Myth by ISBN: 9780230343054Publication Date: 2012
Germans Against Nazism: Nonconformity, Opposition, and Resistance in the Third Reich by ISBN: 9780854966882Publication Date: 1990
Hitler's Voice: The Völkischer Beobachter, 1920-1933 by ISBN: 9783906769721Publication Date: 2004Note: The Völkischer Beobachter was the official newspaper of the Nazi party during its reign in Germany.
Inside Hitler's Germany: A Documentary History of Life in the Third Reich by ISBN: 9780669250008Publication Date: 1991
On the Road to the Wolf's Lair: German Resistance to Hitler by ISBN: 0674636805Publication Date: 1997
Verräter oder Vorbilder?: Deserteure und ungehorsame Soldaten im Nationalsozialismus : mit Dokumenten by ISBN: 9783926958266Publication Date: 1990- The von Hassell Diaries: The Story of the Forces Against Hitler Inside Germany, 1938-1944 by ISBN: 0813321883Publication Date: 1994
Pre-Populated HOLLIS Catalog Searches for Books
One of the best ways for finding books on a specific topic in the collections of the Harvard libraries, regardless of the language of the work itself, is to search the HOLLIS library catalog using Library of Congress (LC) subject headings.
Below are links to pre-populated HOLLIS searches using LC subject headings to items that are related to the resistance of the Nazi government during this period.
Periodicals
The periodicals listed below include publications related to National Socialism from the time period, as well as scholarly journals in German history, German studies, Jewish studies, and anti-semitism that may include relevant articles on this topic.
Electronic Resources
- Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes) (Archive Website)Organization committed to documenting Austrian resistance to the Nazis, founded in 1963 by former members of the Austrian Resistance, victims of NS-persecution, and committed scholars from the sciences and humanities.
- German Resistance Memorial Center (Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand) (Museum Website)The center's goal is to show how individual persons and groups took action against the National Socialist dictatorship from 1933 to 1945.
- National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance, and Exile 1933-1945 (Subscription Database)Contains primary sources on the Nationalist Socialist State and the NSDAP, Nazi ideology and propaganda, National Socialist justice and legislation, on resistance and persecution, and annihilation and expulsion in the Third Reich.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Museum Website)This museum provides visitors with the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust, remember survivors and victims, and confront genocide and antisemitism.