Carl Goerdeler and the Jewish Question, 1933-1942

Informationen zum Autor Peter Hoffmann is William Kingsford Professor of History at McGill University, Montreal. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), the Officer´s Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany) and the Konrad Adenauer Research Award. He is the author of books on the German Resistance including The History of the German Resistance, 1933–1945 (1977), Hitler´s Personal Security (1979), German Resistance to Hitler (1988) and Stauffenberg: A Family History, 1905–1944 (1995, 3rd edition, 2009). Klappentext A study of Carl Goerdeler! the German resistance leader who consistently engaged in efforts to protect the Jews against persecution. Zusammenfassung This book describes the actions of Carl Goerdeler! the German resistance leader who consistently engaged in efforts to protect the Jews against persecution. Using new evidence and thus far under-researched documents! the book fundamentally changes our understanding of Goerdeler's plan and presents a new view of the German resistance to Hitler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Carl Goerdeler; 3. Antecedents; 4. Conspiracy to overthrow the dictator; 5. Document; 6. Analysis 1: meanings; 7. Analysis 2: numbers; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hoffmann, HOFFMANN PETER
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107007987
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00798-7
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities