2) Opposition 4: Cultural/Social Oppositon: CONCLUSIONS

Question 1

What is the desire to express an individual cultural identity exhibited by these youth groups evidence of?

Answer 1

The desire to express an individual cultural identity exhibited by these youth groups evidence that the Nazis didn’t have a total grip on society that their propaganda suggested.

Question 2

Were they a threat?

Answer 2

The leaders of the Pirates in Cologne were publicly hanged, which shows the Gestapo was worried about them during the war, as they partook in subversive activities and evolved into was was essentially an active resistance group.