NATHAN STOLTZFUS IS A HISTORIAN WHOSE GROUNDBREAKING WORK ON RESISTANCE, MORAL COURAGE, AND AUTHORITARIAN POWER FROM THE ROSENSTRASSE PROTEST TO MODERN DEMOCRACIES HAS RESHAPED HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND INSPIRED PUBLIC ACTION THROUGH THE ROSENSTRASSE FOUNDATION.
Examining the intersection of history, conscience, and individual choice in shaping collective fate.
RESEARCH FOCUS
Resistance and Moral Courage
Ordinary people acting under authoritarian rule.
Authoritarian Power and Social Constraint
How dictatorships govern through fear, compromise, and consent.
Gender, Family, and Political Choice
Everyday relationships shaping political behavior.
Holocaust History and Public Memory
History, memory, and moral responsibility.
Historical Insight for Modern Democracies
Lessons on democratic fragility and civic responsibility.
INTERMARRIAGE, THE 1943 ROSENSTRASSE PROTEST, AND SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS ON HITLER’S POWER
National WWII Museum
How public protest by non-Jewish wives forced the Nazi regime to reverse deportation policy.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
WHY DID WOMEN VOTE FOR HITLER?
The Conversation
An examination of gender, political loyalty, and everyday support for authoritarianism.
AUSCHWITZ: HISTORY AND ICON
American-German Institute
Reflections on Holocaust memory, history, and moral meaning.
TRUMP VERSUS HITLER: LESSONS FROM WEIMAR GERMANY
The Daily Beast
A historical perspective on democratic fragility and authoritarian rhetoric.
EXTENDING THE WORK
Nathan Stoltzfus’s scholarship extends into public education and international commemoration through the Rosenstrasse Foundation, which supports conferences, publications, and public programs on civil courage and resistance.
