Resistance fighters opposing German dictatorships
Matthias Erzberger was one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of the German transition period from the German Empire…
When Otto von Bismarck enacted the “Law Against the Publicly Dangerous Endeavors of Social Democracy” (the Anti-Socialist Laws) in 1878,…
On the morning of August 18, 1976, Protestant Pastor Oskar Brüsewitz drove his Wartburg car in front of St. Michael’s…
While the Nazi total state attempted to forcefully align the entirety of youth through the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the…
In the early years of the GDR, Leipzig University was a focal point of intellectual and political resistance against Stalinist…
Johann Georg Elser (4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German carpenter and one of the earliest determined…
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944) is one of the best-known figures of the German resistance against National Socialism. As…
Sophie Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) is one of the best-known figures of the German resistance against…
Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936 in Hamburg) is one of the most prominent critics of the German Democratic Republic…
While official historical narratives frequently celebrate the Weimar Republic as a progressive, golden era of democratic awakening, a closer look…
On the surface, the Council of Constance (1414–1418) was intended to restore the unity of the Church. However, behind the…
While Jan Hus is often seen as the face of the Bohemian Reformation, Hieronymus of Prague (1379–1416) was its intellectual…