Publisher's Synopsis
This book traces the very different attitudes of the German workers to the Hitler regime: from consent and support, to apathy and indifference, to opposition and active resistance, rendered above all by Social Democrats and Communists, from 1933 to the end of the Second World War. - - While the large majority of the German workers fulfilled their 'duty' and continued to work loyally until the bitter end, there always was a minority which was actively opposed to the regime and preserved their loyalty to the German working-class movement, which quickly revived after 1945. But even after HitlerÆs accession to power, the movement was severely hampered by the split between Social Democrats and Communists which was never healed. There was never a united opposition, it was fragmented and leaderless, unable to impede the working of the Nazi war machine. - - The book is based on a wealth of documentary material, partly from communist and socialist sources, partly on reports by the Gestapo, the SS Security Service and other Nazi authorities, and partly also on the personal recollections of the author, who for many years was an active member of the socialist opposition. -
