Red orchestra

the story of the Berlin underground and the circle of friends who resisted Hitler

Anne Nelson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

472 Seiten

2023 | 2., neu bearbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-32238-7 (ISBN)

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For years, the history of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany was hidden and distorted by Cold War politics. Providing a much-needed corrective, Red Orchestra presents the dramatic story of a circle of German citizens who opposed Hitler from the start, choosing to stay in Germany to resist Nazism and help its victims. The book shines a light on this critical movement which was made up of academics, theatre people, and factory workers; Protestants, Catholics and Jews; around 150 Germans all told and from all walks of life.

Drawing on archives, memoirs, and interviews with survivors, award-winning scholar and journalist Anne Nelson presents a compelling portrait of the men and women involved, and the terrifying day-to-day decisions in their lives, from the Nazi takeover in 1933 to their Gestapo arrest in 1942. Nelson traces the story of the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) resistance movement within the context of German history, showing the stages of the Nazi movement and regime from the 1920s to the end of the Second World War. She also constructs the narrative around the life of Greta Kuckhoff and other female figures whose role in the anti-Nazi resistance fight is too-often unrecognised or under appreciated.

This revised edition includes:

* A new introduction which explores elements of the Red Orchestra’s experience that resonate with our times, including: the impact of new media technologies; the dangers of political polarization; and the way the judiciary can be shaped to further the ends of autocracy. The introduction will also address the long-standing misconception that the German Resistance only took action when it was clear that Germany was losing the war.

* Historiographic updates throughout the book which take account of recent literature and additional archival sources

Anne Nelson has received a Livingston Award for her journalism, a Guggenheim Fellowship for her historical research, and a Bellagio Fellowship for her research on the social impact of digital media. She won an Associated Church Press Award for her writing on the conflict in Central America, which she covered for the Los Angeles Times, NPR, and the BBC. Her previous books include Suzanne’s Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris (2017), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and Shadow Network (Bloomsbury, 2019).

Revised Edition Introduction
Prologue
1. Great Goes to America
2. Greta and Adam
3. Berlin
4. The Masses and the Media
5. Things Fall Apart
6. The Takeover
7. Denial and Compliance
8. Going to Ground
9. The Prague Express
10. The Gentlemen's Club
11. A Faraway Country
12. The Dinner Party
13. The Birthday Party
14. The Inner Front
15. 'The New Order'
16. All Possible Foolish Rumors
17. The Road to Barbarossa
18. Other Worlds
19. 'Distress About Germany's Future'
20. The Antiwelle
21. Crime and Punishment
22. The Survivors
23. Life in a Cold Climate
Acknowledgements
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.09.2023
Zusatzinfo	Illustrationen
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-32238-5 / 1350322385
ISBN-13	978-1-350-32238-7 / 9781350322387
Zustand	Neuware