Hammersteins Daughters

Historical consensus is largely unanimous in viewing the German nobility under the Weimar Republic as completely enthralled by fascism. In this enlightening chronicle of General Kurt von Hammerstein and his family, Hammersteins Daughters provides an important counter example to this paradigm. A staunch opponent of Hitler and his policies, Kurt von Hammersteins daughters, Marie Louise, Maria Therese, and Helga, notably renounced their status and privileges, enabling resistance to the Nazi regime through their support of persecuted Jews and the KPD intelligence service. By documenting the heroic efforts of these overlooked women, Gottfried Paasche offers a fascinating view of his familys personal history which spotlights an alternative story of tradition, resistance, adaptation, and rebellion under National Socialism.