Publications of the German Historical Institute Contending with Hitler

By expanding the study of German resistance to the Nazis to include the efforts of Jews, women, workers, and young people, David Clay Large has written a book which is essential to the consideration of this complex period. Includes personal testimony from the likes of Willy Brandt. Contending with Hitler is a distillation of recent scholarship on Germany's domestic resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. Comprising twelve original essays by leading German and American scholars, it sets forth the issues that specialists and laymen alike must keep in mind as they try to understand the nature and significance of this complex problem. Unlike most histories of the German resistance, this volume does not restrict its focus to well-known opposition factions like the Kreisau Circle and the Twentieth of July conspiracy; rather, it includes investigations of resistance efforts by Jews, women, workers, and young people. The Socialist opposition is illuminated by the personal observations of former West German chancellor, Willy Brandt.