Merkel opens Nazi Resistance exhibition

Few know that Hitler and Nazis had to fight not only Allied forces and Russian, but also domestic resistance. A new permanent exhibition was opened in Berlin that honours the men and women that fought the Nazi regime.

The exhibition was opened in a new modernized German Resistance Memorial Museum in Berlin. The exhibition is called “Resistance against National Socialism” and it was opened by German chancellor Angela Merkel. “It's our common duty and responsibility to strengthen the free, liberal, democratic order in the country. And it's a necessary part of this order to prevent from the outset people being excluded or rejected because of their origin, their religion, their political views or their sexual orientation,” Merkel said.

The Museum aims to show that few Germans fought the regime, iconic figures such as Lieutenant Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and others. A few sections of the exhibition are dedicated to less known attempts on Hitler's life such as Johann Georg Elser's attempt to bomb the Nazi leader at an event on November 8, 1938.

The exhibition is also home of various items belonging to the underground movements called “Berlin's Red Orchestra” or “Kreisau Cirle”. Other sections show how the Nazi resistance developed among young people, workers and larger society groups.