Martin Niemöller. Ein Leben in Opposition
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 4878
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Deutsche Verlagsanstalt
- ISBN
- 9783421047120
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This substantial biography (641 pages) monograph offers the first fully researched account of the turbulent life of Niemöller, including his eight years in Sachsenhausen and Dachau Concentration Camps as ‘Hitler’s Personal Prisoner’ from 1938 to 1945 and his tireless campaigning for peace and disarmament in the decades since 1945. Drawing on an extensive array of primary sources the book uses the prism of Niemöller’s life to reflect on continuities in Germany’s twentieth century history and contested issues such as nationalism, religion, guilt and morality. It is the product of sustained research effort over many years.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This biography of Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) charts the history of his manifold endeavours in the German Protestant church and the world ecumenical movement as well as his military background in the Imperial German Navy, and his pacifist activism post-1945. Special attention is devoted to an analysis of Niemöller’s involvement in the Protestant Churches' struggle for autonomy during the Third Reich, and his detention as ‘Hitler’s Personal Prisoner’ from 1938-1945. The biography contextualises Niemöller’s (and that of his family) in the wider context of the transformation from militarism and nationalism to a peace culture in Germany across the twentieth century.