On the Road to the Wolf's Lair. German Resistance to Hitler
Svijet u XIX. i XX. st.
006519
Cambridge - London
1999
16×23,5
meki
442
engleski
Cijena: 18,00 EUR
Key themes and motifs of the book • The complex motivations of dissidents: Hamerow does not portray members of the resistance movement as infallible heroes. Many of them—including high-ranking military officers, civil servants, and religious leaders—initially supported Adolf Hitler and benefited directly from the rise of the Third Reich. • The awakening of conscience: The work details the slow, painful, and often hesitant process by which these individuals—driven by a sense of guilt and moral crisis over the regime's atrocities—gradually overcame their lifelong habits of discipline and obedience. • The path to the Wolf's Lair: The book culminates in an analysis of the systematically organized opposition that led to the famous plot of July 20, 1944, and the assassination attempt on Hitler at his East Prussian headquarters, known as the Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze).
