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Opposition to thhe Nazis - Using your own knowledge and the evidence of Sources 2, 3 and 4, assess the value to historians of the concept of Resistenz put forward in Source 1?
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OPPOSITION TO THE NAZIS Using your own knowledge and the evidence of Sources 2, 3 and 4, assess the value to historians of the concept of Resistenz put forward in Source 1? (10) Since historians began analysing resistance a new concept of resistance has emerged. Resistance can now be broken down into two categories, firstly Resistance itself, blatant defiance towards the regime. There were very few examples of blatant resistance; the term resistance includes the extremes of assassination attempts to simple meetings. Secondly is the concept of Resistenz, this modern concept is heavily promoted by Kershaw. The concept of Resistenz has many problems of interpretation; however it is basically a much less obvious form of resistance. It is resisting the regime by doing nothing, e.g. working in the system but hating it. The extremes may go from telling jokes about the regime to not voting. This form of resistance is underground and...
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