Research Guide: 20th Century History: Germany 1918-1939: Nazi Control of Germany

Primary source material relating to Nazi Germany.

This website provides links to Nazi Germany, Nazi political figures and resistance in Nazi Germany.

Explains Gleichschaltung and what it meant in Nazi Germany.

Concepts series. "Nazi Gleichschaltung" By Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger. New Perspective journal, Vol 7, No 2

The permanent exhibition, "Resistance to National Socialism", documents with over 5,000 photographs and documents in 26 topics, the entire broad and varied spectrum of the struggle against and opposition to National Socialism. You may find the following sections in English useful : Topics, Biographies and Literature.

Seven articles in English on different aspects of resistance from the German Resistance Memorial Center.

An article from 'New perspective', Volume 3, Number 3, March 1998. Housden defines ‘resistance’ and discusses groups and individuals who resisted through disillusionment, necessity or political, religious or moral principles.

A short history of the SS in "Executive Intelligence Review", Issue March 31, 2006.

A detailed overview of the Hitler Youth movement. Many links to sites about Nazism and images.

A short article about the Hitler Youth movement followed by 11 source documents.

Published in History Today Volume 62 Issue 6 June 2012