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Anti-Nazi opposition

After the Nazi rise to power, both Jews and non-Jews began resistance efforts in an attempt to both stop the spread and minimize the consequences of Nazism. These efforts were not limited to the Third Reich. Explore content related to those anti-Nazi opposition efforts during the Holocaust. 

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At Berlin's Opernplatz, the burning of books and other printed materials considered "un-German" by members of the SA and students ... [LCID: 68984]
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Eduard Schulte
Entrance to the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including many ... [LCID: 15642]
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Entrance to the Ploetzensee prison
Execution site at the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including ... [LCID: 15643]
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Execution site at the Ploetzensee prison
Forward, You Witnesses! [LCID: 20040002]
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Forward, You Witnesses!
Entrance to the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including many ... [LCID: 15642]
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German Resistance to Hitler
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German Resistance to Hitler - Photograph
Waltraud Kusserow, a Jehovah's Witness, was arrested several times for refusing to make the "Heil Hitler" salute. [LCID: 68374]
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Jehovah's Witness Waltraud Kusserow
The last photo of the entire Kusserow family, persecuted for being Jehovah's Witnesses. Bad Lippspringe, Germany, ca. 1935.
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Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany: From the 1890s to the 1930s
Jewish partisans in Naliboki forest, near Novogrudok. [LCID: 76525]
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Jewish Partisans
Julien Bryan films an anti-Nazi propaganda poster in Warsaw
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Julien Bryan films an anti-Nazi poster in Warsaw, 1939
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Karl Kautsky
Ludwig Beck, one time chief of the Army General Staff. [LCID: 80528]
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Ludwig Beck
Martin Niemöller, a prominent Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime. [LCID: 79623]
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Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime
Pastor Martin Niemöller at his desk in his home. [LCID: 63455]
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Martin Niemöller: Biography
Pastor Martin Niemoeller
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Martin Niemöller: "First they came for..."
Martin Niemöller, a German theologian and pastor, on a visit to the United States after the war. [LCID: 90987]
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Martin Niemöller on a visit to the United States after World War II

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