German resistance to Nazism
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The German resistance to Nazism included both unarmed and armed opposition and disobedience to the Nazi regime by various movements, groups and individuals by various means, from attempts to assassina
Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure "Spies, Traitors, Saboteurs" (1938)
Memorial plaque for resistance members and wreath at the Bendlerblock, Berlin
The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists 1939–1945 in Berlin
"The Third Reich", 1934 painting by the anti-Nazi exile German painter Heinrich Vogeler.
Wilhelm Canaris
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Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of
German resistance to Nazism
…the Frau Solf Tea Party). A Berlin Protestant Minister, Heinrich Grüber, organised the smuggling of Jews to the Netherlands. At the Foreign Office, Wilhelm Canaris conspired to send a number of Jews to Switzerland under various pretexts. It is estimated that 2,000 Jews were hidden in Berlin until the end of the…
Canaris in 1940
Canaris (second row, second from right) with other officers of the Marinekommandoamt (Naval Command Office), 1923
Canaris as a Korvettenkapitän, 1924–31
South African Minister of Defence Oswald Pirow walking in front of an honor guard during his visit to Berlin, to his left is Canaris, November 1938