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245 00 a| Behind Valkyrieh| [electronic resource] :b| German resistance to Hitler : documents /c| edited by Peter Hoffmann.;

260 a| Montreal :b| McGill-Queen's University Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| viii, 372 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 2 a| "A collection of writings by those who fought Hitler from within Nazi Germany. While the 'Valkyrie' plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them available in their entirety and in English for the first time. Peter Hoffmann assembles the words of citizens protesting the National Socialists' dismantling of the first democratic German republic, socialists and conservatives arguing for civil liberties, and dissatisfied senior military officials. Behind Valkyrie's first-hand accounts of reactions to crimes by the SS, mistreatment of millions of Soviet prisoners of war, mass murder of Jews, and the mismanagement of military campaigns show that attempts to maintain freedom, justice, and human rights often came from unexpected sources. While not free of the prejudices of their time, these nearly forgotten voices help provide a more complete understanding of the range of dissent during one of history's most disturbing epochs"--From publisher's website.;

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Behind Valkyrie German resistance to Hitler : documents / edited by Peter Hoffmann.

Other author	Hoffmann, Peter, 1930-2023
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.
Description	viii, 372 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Anti-Nazi movement--Germany. --History. --Sources. Government, Resistance to--Germany. --History. --20th century. --Sources. Dissenters--Germany. --History. --20th century. --Sources. Germany--Politics and government. --1933-1945. --Sources.

Scope and content	"A collection of writings by those who fought Hitler from within Nazi Germany. While the 'Valkyrie' plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them available in their entirety and in English for the first time. Peter Hoffmann assembles the words of citizens protesting the National Socialists' dismantling of the first democratic German republic, socialists and conservatives arguing for civil liberties, and dissatisfied senior military officials. Behind Valkyrie's first-hand accounts of reactions to crimes by the SS, mistreatment of millions of Soviet prisoners of war, mass murder of Jews, and the mismanagement of military campaigns show that attempts to maintain freedom, justice, and human rights often came from unexpected sources. While not free of the prejudices of their time, these nearly forgotten voices help provide a more complete understanding of the range of dissent during one of history's most disturbing epochs"--From publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010526505
ISBN	9780773537699 (bound : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780773537705 (paperback : acid-free paper)

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