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Against all hope : resistance in the Nazi concentration camps, 1938-1945 / Hermann Langbein ; translated by Harry Zohn.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DD256.3 .L3313 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langbein, Hermann, 1912-1995.
- Standardized Title:
- --nicht wie die Schafe zur Schlachtbank. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.
- Anti-Nazi movement.
- Germany.
- Nazi concentration camps--Germany.
- Nazi concentration camps.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Politics and government.
- Nazi concentration camps--Psychological aspects.
- Internment camps.
- Internment camps--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 502 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, 1996.
- Summary:
- "An astonishing mosaic of courage and moral strength, Langbein's moving, invaluable history is the fullest account to date of resistance to Nazi terror by prisoners within the concentration camps . . . Langbein's myth-dispelling book systematically details the resistance activities of Germans, Poles, Austrians, Russians, French, Czechs, Gypies and others".--Publishers Weekly. (starred review).
- Contents:
- The conditions
- The concentration camps from 1938-1945
- The self-government of the inmates
- The battle between reds and greens
- What is meant by resistance?
- Sources and critique of sources
- Different conditions and changed goals
- The actors
- The Germans in the resistance
- The role of the Communists
- Social democrats in the resistance
- The special role of the Austrians
- The Poles
- The Russians
- Other ethnic groups
- Groups in a special position
- The actions
- The saving of lives
- Against the inhumanity of the system
- Breaking out of the isolation
- Escapes as lifesavers
- Resistance and rebellion
- Sabotage
- Resisting demoralization
- The end
- The end is in sight
- The liberation of the concentration camps
- A personal word in conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-483) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826409407
- 9780826409409
- OCLC:
- 35110147
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