War Against Humanity — Season 1, Episode 6: The Few Who Opposed Hitler - German Resistance in 1940

Episode synopsis

Were all German faithful Nazis? Not by a stretch, but a resounding majority approved of the Nazis, especially before the war, and again after the victory in France. Anyone that actively opposed Hitler and his gang were not only risking their life, but faced an uphill battle against public opinion. And yet... some people did.

About War Against Humanity

When the Second World War breaks out, it is at first largely a war between one side of totalitarian aggressors against a portion of the democratic countries of the world defending other totalitarian states. From the first day of the war in Poland, as it already is in China, this will be a war against humanity.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Outbreak of the War Against Humanity - 5 March 1940
• E2System of a Nazi Terror - April 1940
• E3The Strategy of Terror Bombing - May 1940
• E4The European Migration Crisis - June 1940
• E5The British Blitz Spirit is a Myth
• E7Vive la Résistance! well, not really... - French Resistance 1940
• E8Royal Resistance in Benelux and Scandinavia 1940
• E9Resistance in China - Myth or Reality?
• E10Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists
• E11Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - July 1940 - April 1941
• E12The Wehrmacht's License to Kill the Innocent - May 1941
• E13The Holocaust Begins in Lithuania - June 1941