On the Road to the Wolfs Lair - Theodore S. Hamerow
German Resistance to Hitler (Belknap Press)
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In the beginning, they rallied behind Hitler in the national interest of Germany; in the end, they sacrificed their lives to assassinate him. A history of German resistance to Hitler in high places, this book offers a glimpse into one of the most intractable mysteries. Why did high-ranking army officers, civil servants, and religious leaders support Hitler? Why did they ultimately turn against him? What transformed these unlikely men, most of them elitist, militaristic, and fiercely nationalistic, into martyrs to a universal ideal? The resisters in On the Road to the Wolf's Lair are not the singular souls doomed to failure by the massive Nazi machinery, but those who emerged from the Third Reich itself--those people whose cultural, administrative, and military positions allowed them, ultimately, to form a systematic, organized opposition to the Nazi regime. These were people with a vested interest in the Third Reich, and their slow and painful awakening to its evils makes a dramatic story, marked as much by t...
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Paperback, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.; Front cover curling up. [Auteur: Hamerow, Theodore S.] [Pagina's: 442] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Harvard University Press] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: On the Road to the Wolf's Lair: German Resistance to Hitler]
