How the Germans Stood on the Nazi State: Peter Longerich's New Book

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Jubilant masses, willing vicarious assistants: This is the image one has of the "Third Reich". Peter Longerich in his new book represents the thesis that most Germans were not convinced Nazis, but conformists.

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By Sascha Vennemann When Dr. Heinrich Bernds returned to the Reformed congregation in Uelsen as pastor in the fall of 1936, where he had already served as a vicar several years earlier, National Socialist ideology had already gained numerous followers in the Niedergrafschaft village. Despite all the dangers it posed, this did not deter him from resisting the inhumane Nazi regime through his statements and actions.