FRITZ AND Frieda Kuhn sit with their two children, Rita (right) and Hans, in Berlin, circa 1932. Frieda converted to Judaism; her husband and two children were imprisoned during the Rosenstrasse protest. (photo credit: Ruth Wiseman/Rosenstrasse Foundation)
The Rosenstrasse protest was emblematic of these women’s resistance which began when Hitler took power in 1933, taking a direct form of noncompliance.
In an article published in the Jerasulem Post, Nathan Stoltzfus and Mordecai Paldiel discuss the relevance of the Rosenstrasse Protest through a modern lense, as it reminds us that concerned citizens in more open societies can hope for even greater success when publicly and relentlessly protesting against attempts to abolish the rights they enjoy as free citizens.
On the 80th anniversary of the women of the Rosenstrasse protest, ceremonies will be held in Berlin and Washington D. C., to mark this unique event of human courage in a face off with a totalitarian regime.
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A companion article was also written by Dr. Stoltzfus and was Published in German in Geschichte der Gegenwart entitled "Widerstand als Problem der NS-Geschichtsschreibung" (Resistance to Hitler as a Problem of Writing the History of Nazi Germany).
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