Description
Book SynopsisThis study comprises an analysis of public spheres in National Socialist Germany. It investigates where and under what circumstances resistance to Hitler’s regime was possible. The author focuses on the space of the crypto-public – defined as a politicized private sphere – as a potential realm for anti-state activism. Based on the activities of four organizations operating in Germany between 1933 and 1944 – the
Jewish Cultural Association Berlin, the
Kreisau Circle, the
White Rose, and the
Schulze-Boysen/Harnack Organization – she analyzes how this social locus functioned to foster resistance to National Socialism. She examines the artifacts of these groups – leaflets, pamphlets, politico-economic treatises, and theater performances – in order to establish models of crypto-public spaces and evaluate their possibilities and limitations as sites of resistance.
Table of ContentsContents: Crypto-Public Domains within the Third Reich –
Ghettoöffentlichkeit: Elements of Subversiveness in the
Jüdischer Kulturbund Berlin – Kreisauer Kreis between Deeds and Thoughts – The Open Protest of the
Scholl-Schmorell-Kreis – The Anti-State Activism of the
Schulze-Boysen/Harnack Organisation – Models to Withstand.
