Nonviolent Resistance to the Nazis
Book Talk and Discussion with author Geroge Paxton
7 – 9pm. Tuesday 25 October
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre
5 Upper Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2JN
George Paxton is a Trustee of The Gandhi Foundation whose aim is to spread knowledge of Gandhi and his ideas mainly in the UK. He edits their quarterly journal, The Gandhi Way, and is the author of ‘Sonja Schlesin: Gandhi’s South African Secretary’.
War is an extremely costly means of responding to conflict and yet nonviolent defence of a country is normally considered unrealistic because it is considered ineffectual against a ruthless opponent. This book tries to demonstrate otherwise by looking at historical facts focussing on the Nazi tyranny as a specific case. In reality, nonviolent resistance to the Third Reich took place in the occupied countries as well as in Germany itself. While not on a scale to bring down the regime its potential to do so is clearly demonstrated in in this well-argued account. More speculatively, the author looks at principled Gandhian nonviolence and asks if this approach would have affected the nature of the resistance.
Read a Review of the book on the Satyagraha Foundation website here and another on the Pace e Bene website here.
Free event. Retiring Donations requested.
The book is available to buy from the Peace and Justice Centre shop.
