Why Didn't Germans Resist Hitler? - Death of Democracy Extra Episode

Overview

Why didn’t Germans resist Hitler? Were they all Nazis, or were they terrorized into silence by the Gestapo? The truth is more unsettling. The Nazi regime ruled through a combination of targeted terror, social atomization, propaganda, popular support, opportunism, and broad accommodation. This episode examines why mass resistance never emerged — and why millions of ordinary Germans accepted, enabled, or benefited from the Third Reich.