German Resistance

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 we look at the German Edelweiss Pirates and Swing Kids, the French Zazous and the Austrian Schlurfs.

The Herbert Baum group blog

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 19 2017 16:28

A collection of writings by Eric Brothers on the Baum group of German Jews who fought against the Nazi regime.

Life in the century's midnight

Submitted by Steven. on May 27 2017 09:14

Photo of bodies being burned at Auschwitz taken by resistance member

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

The Reichstag fire

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 27 2017 21:29

A slightly abridged version of a detailed investigation into the Reichstag fire by Fritz Tobias, an anti-fascist German who discovered to his surprise that widely-believed Communist Party claims the fire was set by the Nazis were false. Published in 1963.

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

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 27 2017 14:56

Interesting history of Marinus van der Lubbe, the young communist building worker who burned down the Reichstag, and was falsely denounced as a Nazi agent by the Communist Party, by Joep de Visser.

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

Submitted by RobberBurns88 on Feb 20 2017 16:37

Telling the stories of libertarian groups that were opposing Fascism in Europe before, and into, the rise of the Nazis including Edelweiss Pirates, FAUD underground, Zazous, 43 group, Arditi del Popolo and dozens of other Italian groups

Opposition and resistance in Nazi Germany

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 18 2017 17:02

Group of Edelweiss Pirates being executed, Cologne 10 November 1944

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 account and has some important omissions, discussed in the comments below.