On the 22nd May 1942, with a rope around his neck, Stjepan Filipvic stood in front of a crowd, threw his hands into the air, and declared 'death to fascism, freedom to the people.' Moments later he was executed by Nazi forces. These last words were his final act of defiance against the occupying army that had invaded Yugoslavia a year before.

On the 31st May 1944 Marianne Cohn was arrested by the Gestapo as she smuggled 28 Jewish children over the border from France to Switzerland. This was the second time she had been arrested by the Nazis for trying to save the lives of Jewish children - she had carried out countless successful missions. Despite enduring Nazi torture, she defiantly refused to give up information, telling the Gestapo she had no regrets for her actions.

When the Nazis took Athens, the first thing they did was hang a Nazi flag above the Acropolis. On the night of 30 May 1941 a 19-year-old student called Apostolos Santas and his friend Manolis Glezos snuck through a cave on the side of the Acropolis, scaled the pole and cut down the flag. Athens awoke the next morning to see the flag was gone. This brave act of defiance was one of the first in Greece, and as news of it spread across the country - then the continent - it inspired millions to resist.

Today is the 75th anniversary of VE Day - the day on which Allied forces accepted the German unilateral surrender, and the Nazi regime collapsed. To mark it, HOPE not hate Charitable Trust has produced Heroes of the Resistance - a 160 page magazine that chronicles and celebrates the countless acts of resistance that happened during WWII.

The stories are as varied as Europe itself. Some are brave acts of individual heroism, some are tales of collective action, and some are gripping epics that span years. Click one of the buttons below to get your hands on a copy and start reading them.