Hammerstein’s Daughters
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Hammerstein’s Daughters

An Aristocratic Family Caught Between Tradition and Resistance

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hammerstein’s Daughters

An Aristocratic Family Caught Between Tradition and Resistance

About this book

Historical consensus is largely unanimous in viewing the German nobility under the Weimar Republic as completely enthralled by fascism. In this enlightening chronicle of General Kurt von Hammerstein and his family, Hammerstein's Daughters provides an important counter example to this paradigm. A staunch opponent of Hitler and his policies, Kurt von Hammerstein's daughters, Marie Louise, Maria Therese, and Helga, notably renounced their status and privileges, enabling resistance to the Nazi regime through their support of persecuted Jews and the KPD intelligence service. By documenting the heroic efforts of these overlooked women, Gottfried Paasche offers a fascinating view of his family's personal history which spotlights an alternative story of tradition, resistance, adaptation, and rebellion under National Socialism.

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Information

Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781836950233
eBook ISBN
9781836950257
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Hammerstein’s Daughters
  2. Contents
  3. Figures
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 — A Wedding in the Bendler Block
  8. Chapter 2 — Life in Imperial Germany
  9. Chapter 3 — Seven Years of Peace
  10. Chapter 4 — No Short War
  11. Chapter 5 — Turmoil in Berlin
  12. Chapter 6 — A New World
  13. Chapter 7 — Kassel
  14. Chapter 8 — Magdeburg
  15. Chapter 9 — Back in Berlin
  16. Chapter 10 — The Wandervogel
  17. Chapter 11 — In the Political Network
  18. Chapter 12 — Diving Headfirst into Fascism
  19. Chapter 13 — Hammerstein’s Safe
  20. Chapter 14 — Jochen Paasche
  21. Chapter 15 — Hammerstein’s Resignation
  22. Chapter 16 — Palestine
  23. Chapter 17 — Farewell Kiss
  24. Chapter 18 — Just before the War
  25. Chapter 19 — In Japan
  26. Chapter 20 — Endangered Existence
  27. Chapter 21 — War Again
  28. Chapter 22 — Life during the War
  29. Chapter 23 — War’s End and a New Beginning
  30. Chapter 24 — Escape from Japan
  31. Epilogue
  32. A Personal Postscript
  33. Sources and Literature
  34. Index