From the Reich to the Republic: The Spanish Civil War and the German Antifascist Movement, 1936-1939
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2020-05
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The Ohio State University
Abstract
The Spanish Civil War, though one of the most brutal modern conflicts and the first truly internationalized civil war of its scale, is typically seen as an aside to the Second World War. However, the war had important implications on German domestic politics. This work examines a lesser-told side of German involvement in the Spanish Civil War. While the existing literature tends to focus on the German government’s role in the war, the intersection of the two countries’ antifascist resistance efforts raises interesting questions in its own right. Rather than examining the role that German antifascists played in the Spanish Civil War, this thesis discusses the role that the war played on German antifascism. In doing so, it aims to build upon the literature on the German left in the Spanish Civil War. More broadly, this work provides a nuanced alternative to the literature on German antifascism during the period of National Socialism that includes both the top and bottom of the political hierarchy.
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Archival research for this thesis was made possible by generous grants from the Ohio State University Honors College and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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Spanish Civil War, German resistance, 1930s, Antifascism