Document Type
Honors Project
Publication Date
6-13-2025
Abstract
Prior to the Nazi seizure of power, the working class in Germany held political power at the local and national level. Once the Nazi state obtained control, they took decisive action and dismantle workers institutions and control the working class. The working class was forced to adapt to these rapidly changing circumstances and push back against the Nazi state in ways dictated largely by the conditions in which workers found themselves. Workers with vastly different experiences, from forced laborers to enthusiastic fascist volunteers experiences the Nazi states contempt for workers and resisted. By examining this resistance and the effects it had on the Nazi states efforts to control workers we can learn how anti-worker policy drives action.
Level of Honors
cum laude
Department
History
Advisor
Gregory Milano
Recommended Citation
O’Sullivan, Nyhan, "Intersectional Resistance: German Working-Class Adaptation to Nazi Control" (2025). Lawrence University Honors Projects. 212.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/luhp/212