Study title

Research on resistance under National Socialism with the example of diverse forms of deviation from the national socialist system of norms in daily life by the ´small man´. Topics: a) Types of divergent behavior in a totalitarian political system, social and ecological determinants for individual protest behavior and collective resistance against such a system, the population´s reporting behavior (especially denunciation with the Gestapo) and the gathering of information by the controlling authority (especially the Gestapo and the security service of the SS), political penetration of national socialism into daily life and the maintenance of traditional structures. b) Variables on people and their environment, on the type of act or suspicion, on the way the crime or people were brought to the attention of the Gestapo and on witnesses interviewed, on the definition of facts and sanctions against the person by the Gestapo and the courts, on the way the crime was committed and on sanctions.