title: Conscience In Revolt: Sixty-four Stories Of Resistance In Germany, 1933-45 (Der Widerstand : Dissent and Resistance in the Third Reich)
author:  Annedore Leber 
description: Text: English (translation)<br> Original Language: German
zlib_text: At home I found my two nieces, Clara and Ottilie Brockhaus, the daughters of
  my sister Louisa. They had been living for a year with a governess in Dresden,
  and their weekly visits and contagious good spirits delighted me. Every one
  was in a high state of glee about the revolution; they all heartily approved
  of the barricades, and felt no scruples about desiring victory for their
  defenders. Protected by the truce, this state of mind remained undisturbed the
  whole of Friday (5th May). From all parts came news which led us to believe in
  a universal uprising throughout Germany. Baden and the Palatinate were in the
  throes of a revolt on behalf of the whole of Germany. Similar rumours came in
  from free towns like Breslau. In Leipzig, volunteer student corps had mustered
  contingents for Dresden, which arrived amid the exultation of the populace. A
  fully equipped defence department was organised at the Town Hall, and young
  Heine, disappointed like myself in his hopes of the performance of Lohe