German Resistance

Content about German resistance to fascism before and during WWII.

Edelweiss Pirates

Edelweiss Pirates

Dachau camp card for Weigand

Weigand, Heinrich (1909-1971)

A short biography of German anarchist Heinrich Weigand, who suffered more than 11 years in Nazi prisons and concentration camps.

A group of Edelweiss Pirates

WCH E4: Anti-Nazi youth movements in World War II

An interview with historian Nick Heath about anti-Nazi youth cultural movements in fascist Europe before and during World War II. In particular…

Photo of bodies being burned at Auschwitz taken by resistance member

Life in the century's midnight

A history of the left wing and Jewish resistance movement in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust, by Marcus Barnett.

Marinus' mugshot, 1931

A half-blind communist with a sharp eye for the future. Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-1934) and his Reichstag Fire

Interesting history of Marinus van der Lubbe, the young communist building worker…

Resistance to Nazism: Shattered Armies-How the Working Class fought Nazism and Fascism 1933-1945

Telling the stories of libertarian groups that were opposing Fascism in Europe…

Group of Edelweiss Pirates being executed, Cologne 10 November 1944

Opposition and resistance in Nazi Germany

Pamphlet offering a snapshot of some elements of the resistance to Nazism in Germany before and during World War II. It is not a comprehensive…

Krüschedt, Fritz (1910-1978)

A short biography of German anarchist Fritz Krüschedt

Werner Höme

Höme, Werner (1907 -1937)

A short biography of German anarchist Werner Höme, murdered by the Nazis

Steinacker, Hermann ( 1870-1944)

A short biography of Hermann Steinacker, German anarchist murdered by the Nazis.

Usinger, Georg, 1900-1990

A short biography of Georg Usinger, German anarchist active in Offenbach

Antifascist youth in 1935, Wafner sitting centre front row

Wafner, Kurt, 1918-2007

A short biography of German anarchist Kurt Wafner.

Nazi brownshirts in 1932

Street politics in Hamburg, 1932-3

Anthony McElligott examines the street fighting and battle for control of territory between fascists and the working class in the run-up to the…