Recommended reading on the Resistance Movements

[JeffinMNUSA]

Something on the little known Italian Partisans (though late comers to Resistance the Italian Parisani managed to tie down 10 Axis divisions) ;
http://www.theboot.it/tbfr_reviews.htm
JeffinMNUSA

[Randyflycaster]

How about two bio's of Canaris, one by Heinz Hohne, another by Andre Brissaud.

Also, The Carnaris Conspiracy by Roger Manvell and Heinrich Frankel

Randy

[valkyrie]

A very comprehensive review of Phillipp von Boeselager's book on the German Resistnce and Valkyrie.

http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html ... f6761c&p=1

Colin

[ladycplum]

Is the "white book" released by the Germans in 1964 truly out of print? I just finished reading Countdown to Valkyrie by Nigel Jones, and it was listed in the bibliography, from the way he describes it, it sounds like an immensely interesting read.

[valkyrie]

Yes it out of print but you should be able to get a copy easily from ABE or bookfinder. Its essential reading to someone interested in the German Resistance.

Cheers

Colin

[ladycplum]

Yes it out of print but you should be able to get a copy easily from ABE or bookfinder. Its essential reading to someone interested in the German Resistance.

Cheers

Colin

Thanx, managed to find a copy!

[ladycplum]

Got my book, read the final letters written by many of the concemned to their loved ones....couldn't stop sobbing for along time.

[valkyrie]

Glad you "enjoyed" it. Keep in mind that the white book was a government publication but despite the publisher and the time< I think they did a pretty good job in resisting the temptation to exaggerate or propagandize the resistance.

Colin

[ladycplum]

Glad you "enjoyed" it. Keep in mind that the white book was a government publication but despite the publisher and the time< I think they did a pretty good job in resisting the temptation to exaggerate or propagandize the resistance.

Colin

I agree, I really think it's a fairly complete book, it presents the facts in an almost clinical way, which is to be expected, but those letters really got to me. I can only hope that all who went before them, the ones they fought for, welcomed them when they reached Heaven.

[valkyrie]

I would recommend then that you pick up a paperback called "Last Letters of the Ressistance" (I think) referring to the last communicaitons written by the extended Bonhoeffer family resisters. Also, "Courageous Hearts" by Dorothea Medding (sp?) - its a series of interviews with the major resister's widows. Great book!

Colin

[valkyrie]

Peter Hoffmann's new book is due Feb. 20ish 2011.

Looks very interesting - http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Valkyrie-R ... 897&sr=1-1

Colin

[ladymage]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 'The Cost of Discipleship' is an interesting read both for those interested in religion during the WW2 era as well as those interested in the resistance. I haven't read it yet but it came highly recommended by the pastor of my previous church. I am ordering it now and will get back to you lovely people as soon as I have been able to form an opinion of it.

[valkyrie]

Cost of Discipleship isn't really about resistance but is one of Bonhoeffer's seminal theological works. There are some very good bios of Bonhoeffer (of which Eric Metaxas' recent effort is not one). Bethge's is very good. I always think books that talk about his involvement in the plot ot kill Hitler are facile as Bonhoeffer's role in the conspiracy was supportive and not core to the assassination attempt. See http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FOW ... elion04-20

Enjoy the CoD book...Bonhoeffer is not an easy read.

Colin

[ladymage]

I know. I've heard that one should never read Bonhoeffer unless they want to be stretched, emotionally and spiritually.

[Haven]

Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany
Frank McDonough
Cambridge University Press, Sep 6, 2001 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 76 pages

There was much popular support for Hitler's regime in Nazi Germany, and little widespread domestic opposition or resistance. However, a number of individuals amd small groups, from all sections of society, did engage in acts of public defiance or resistance against the regime. This opposition came from the Christian churches; communists, socialists and industrial workers; conservative groups; elements within the army; students and the German youth; and Jews. This book looks at the nature of this opposition and the historical debate surrounding it.

PDF of Chapters 1 & 2: http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ... ermany.pdf