Unarmed against Hitler
Subtitle: civilian resistance in Europe, 1939-1943
By: Jacques Semelin ; translated by Suzan Husserl-Kapit ; foreword by Stanley Hoffmann.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- Europe.; Passive resistance -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Nonviolence -- History -- 20th century.; Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: Resistance in German-occupied Europe is generally understood as insurrectional violence. However, as soon as the war broke out, thousands of people engaged in civil disobedience--manifested through strikes, demonstrations, and the activities of medical organizations, courts of law, and churches. Jacques Semelin gathers evidence for the story of a movement that took place in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Germany itself. A widespread campaign contested authority and paved the way for later armed resistance and the eventual defeat of the Nazis. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.