The Good Germans

Historians have long grappled with the question of how popular the Nazis really were … The Good Germans suggests that there was much more resistance than was ever formally recorded … The Good Germans shines the spotlight on people who didn’t opt for the path of conformity, but instead made often small but nonetheless defiant choices in their everyday lives that put them at risk … [Clay] is a great story-teller who proves adept at conjuring her characters straight off the page – Hester Vaizey * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE *A brilliant and deeply disturbing account of six individuals, ranging from Prussian aristocrat to law student to factory hand, who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives to oppose Hitler – Hilary Spurling * THE SPECTATOR ‘Books of the Year’ *Timely, intriguing and extremely well informed * SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ‘Pick of the Week’ *

Catrine Clay worked for the BBC for over twenty years, directing and producing award-winning television documentaries. She won the International Documentary Award and the Golden Spire for Best History Documentary, and was nominated for a BAFTA. She is the author of King, Kaiser, Tsar, Trautmann’s Journey and Labyrinths. She is married with three children and lives in London.