German term
Im Zeichen des Abwehrkampfes
| 3 +1 | as a defensive measure |
Rowan Morrell
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| 3 +4 | in the spirit of defiance |
misterherrnau
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| 3 | for the sake of the resistance |
Horst Huber (X)
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| 3 | in the resistance struggle... |
Mech White
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Dec 19, 2010 13:46: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Steffen Walter, casper (X), Kim Metzger
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Proposed translations
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
as a defensive measure
Or perhaps, to make it slightly more figurative, something like "as a defensive shield".
| Thank you, Rowan, this has just the right sort of 'much used' feel to it. Michalsuz |
| agree |
Alev Ellington
18 hrs
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Horst Huber (X)
: Of course, that is what it boils down to, but is it really translating the given text?
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for the sake of the resistance
Accurate, efficient and always on time
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English, English
in the resistance struggle...
in the spirit of defiance
or "as a demonstration of ..."
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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2010-12-20 12:56:10 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsbund_jüdischer_Frontsolda...
As this article makes clear, such organizations (also in Austria, maybe Hungary too, and elsewhere) existed to counter prejudice and anti-Semitic lies by taking a stand in the public sphere. So this was actually a campaign to set the record straight.
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BrigitteHilgner
: as a defiant gesture
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| agree |
Thayenga
6 hrs
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| agree |
Horst Huber (X)
: Well, it might do as the slogan of a Jewish "Verein", but why did they not write "Im Geiste des Abwehrkampfs"?
17 hrs
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Good point, Horst. An alternative would be "Taking a defiant stand!"
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 49 mins
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Discussion
Michalsuz
Maybe I should have said that I know that it means 'as a sign of defensive struggle' when you translate each word separately.
The context does not really add much: the Jewish veterans of WWI were ostracised and formed their own Jewish Verein,'im Zeichen des Abwehrkampfes'.
It was a commonly used expression of the time in all kinds of contexts and I am hoping that maybe someone knows a similar cliche in English...