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Hammerstein's daughters : an aristocratic family caught between tradition and resistance / Gottfried Paasche ; translated by Anne Stokes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paasche, Gottfried, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Hammersteins Töchter. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hammerstein, Kurt von, 1878-1943--Family.
- Hammerstein, Kurt von.
- Hammerstein family.
- Hammerstein, Marie Louise von, 1908-1999.
- Hammerstein, Marie Louise von.
- Paasche, Maria Therese, 1909-2000.
- Paasche, Maria Therese.
- Rossow, Helga, 1913-2005.
- Rossow, Helga.
- Anti-Nazi movement--Germany--Biography.
- Anti-Nazi movement.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Sisters--Germany--Berlin--Biography.
- Sisters.
- Germans--Japan--Biography.
- Germans.
- Berlin (Germany)--Biography.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the German.
- Summary:
- "Historical consensus is largely unanimous in viewing the German nobility under the Weimar Republic as completely enthralled by fascism. In this enlightening chronicle of General Kurt von Hammerstein and his family, Hammerstein's Daughters provides an important counter example to this paradigm. A staunch opponent of Hitler and his policies, Kurt von Hammerstein's daughters, Marie Louise, Maria Therese, and Helga, notably renounced their status and privileges, enabling resistance to the Nazi regime through their support of persecuted Jews and the KPD intelligence service. By documenting the heroic efforts of these overlooked women, Gottfried Paasche offers a fascinating view of his family's personal history which spotlights an alternative story of tradition, resistance, adaptation, and rebellion under National Socialism"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A Wedding in the Bendler Block
- Life in Imperial Germany
- Seven Years of Peace
- No Short War
- Turmoil in Berlin
- A New World
- Kassel
- Magdeburg
- Back in Berlin
- The Wandervogel
- In the Political Network
- Diving Headfirst into Fascism
- Hammerstein's Safe
- Jochen Paasche
- Hammerstein's Resignation
- Palestine
- Farewell Kiss
- Just Before the War
- In Japan
- Endangered Existence
- War Again
- Life During the War
- War's End and a New Beginning
- Escape from Japan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1836950241
- 9781836950240
- 183695025X
- 9781836950257
- OCLC:
- 1519987221
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