Widerstand - Kampf gegen Hitler, Teil 1: Vom Flugblatt zum Attentat

During the 12 years of Hitler's dictatorship, there were numerous acts of resistance – from leaflets to assassination attempts. Those who decided to act despite the Nazi terror knew the danger to themselves and their families. Nevertheless, they were convinced that they had to act. Thousands paid for this courage with their lives. This documentation paints a comprehensive picture of the German resistance, the various groups, and their diverse motivations. July 20, 1944 – the officers around Stauffenberg and Tresckow. The "Kreisau Circle" of Count Helmuth James von Moltke. The leading figures of the "bourgeois resistance": former Leipzig mayor Carl Goerdeler and Colonel General Ludwig Beck. Social Democrats, Communists, and trade union members, who were primarily active underground due to countless arrests. Clergymen such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Count Konrad von Preysing, who opposed the regime. The actions of the student group "White Rose." Lone perpetrators, like the carpenter Johann Georg Elser, who wanted to end Hitler's life in Munich's Bürgerbräukeller. Courageous men and women from all walks of life who considered it their human duty to help persecuted Jews and who remain largely unknown to this day. 00:02:35, 00:22:48 Heinrich Scheel, Red Orchestra, The soul of the German people was poisoned 00:03:48, 00:08:51 Karin Friedrich, Ruth A.-Friedrich, Berlin Underground, 00:04:25 Hitler's seizure of power, torchlight procession, Unter den Linden, 1933, dictatorship 00:05:07, 00:13:18 Clarita, von Trott zu Solz, Adam von Trott zu Solz 00:05:40, 00:08:19, 00:11:01 Ludwig Gehm, Socialist Combat League, prison, concentration camp 00:06:25 Book burning 00:06:48 Michael Höck, Catholic priest 00:10:19 Berlin Games, 1936 Olympics, behind the facade of happiness Master races hide racial madness and aggressive war policy, tanks 00:11:14, 00:24:46, 00:28:04 Freya von Moltke, German people seduced, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke 00:12:13 Rosemarie Reichwein, Adolf Reichwein, Bourgeois opposition, 00:15:08 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 00:16:54 Bürgerbräukeller assassination attempt, November 8, 1939, 10 minutes decide the fate of Germany, Johann Georg Elser 00:15:18 Eberhard Bethge, Illegality, Risking one's own life is the price for rebelling against injustice, 00:18:26, 00:24:07, 00:26:35 Ludwig von Hammerstein, officer, resistance fighter, 00:20:04, 00:24:32, 00:26:47 Philipp von Boeselager, officer, active resistance in the military, making personal sacrifices, 00:20:42 Ludwig Beck, central figure of the military resistance, Chief of the General Staff, Colonel Henning von Tresckow, driving force 00:21:21 University of Munich, White Rose, student movement, Anneliese Knoop-Graf, Willi Graf, communist resistance, March 24, 1943, Armory, Keitel, Dönitz, Himmler 00:25:54 Assassination attempt, Hitler survives, coup, network of the resistance movement is uncovered, Gestapo arrests approximately 7,000 people, leading minds are imprisoned, show trials, Ulrich Graf Schwanenfeld, courage to tell the truth, 200 executions in Plötzensee, Freisler Director: Michael Kloft Producer: Bengt von zur Mühlen