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"Many people think Nazi Germany was beaten only through military violence, and
mainly by men. As Barack Obama said in 2009: “Nonviolence could not have halted
Hitler’s armies”. In fact, non-violent action was widely used in resisting
Nazism. Brave women often led it. They later got little recognition, though
this is now changing.
Women in nations such as France, Germany and Holland gathered intelligence,
founded resistance groups, published underground media and coordinated
people-smuggling operations. Some engaged in sabotage. Their networking and
people skills were invaluable, and their lack of visibility under a sexist
regime was an asset. Some of these brave women sacrificed their lives for the
cause.
It is useful to consider their impact today and how such female-led,
non-violent movements might help people around the world resist dictatorships
and invasions, such as in Ukraine.
Some German women used overt, concentrated tactics – such as those who were
thrown into jail for speaking out against Hitler, and the “Rosenstrasse” group,
who protested in Berlin in 1943. These non-Jewish women shouted for their
Jewish husbands to be set free, despite the threat of being machine-gunned.
Amazingly, they succeeded – at least in the short term – with about 2,000 men
released. Most of these men survived the war.
Resistance campaigns ranged from those waged by individuals to those involving
large sections of the population. For example, about 10,000 Norwegian teachers,
supported by around 100,000 parents, successfully resisted the Nazification of
schools. Dutch strikes in 1941 and 1943 involved hundreds of thousands.
But secret, dispersed tactics were more common."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
