Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler - Revised...

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Anne Nelson (Journalist, USA)

Red Orchestra

The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler - Revised...

Anne Nelson (Journalist, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
16 November 2023

European history; The Holocaust; Second World War; Fascism & Nazism

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

By: Anne Nelson (Journalist USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350322387
ISBN 10: 1350322385
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 16 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).