I recommend this from professor Timothy Snyder. It’s short…it’s easy to read, share with friends. This is one of the tools

https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Graphic-Lessons-Twentieth-Century/dp/1984859153/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2TXPYW7TO7RD2&keywords=timothy+snyder+books&qid=1695747822&sprefix=Timothy+sny%2Caps%2C273&sr=8-6

There is a non graphic edition, but… there is also an excellent series on the autocratic handbook on Netflix. We can arm ourselves. German citizens did not have these tools