Chapter 24 (NOT FINAL) Flashcards
Name a youth group?
Edelweiss Pirates
Where did the Edelweiss Pirates operate?
Rhineland and the Ruhr
How did the Edelweiss Pirates resist?
They avoided conscription, went on expeditions to the countryside, and sang banned songs.
What happened to the leaders of the Cologne Edelweiss Pirates?
Publicly hanged in November 1944
What class were members of the Edelweiss Pirates from?
The working class
Who were the Swing Youth?
A middle-class youth group that resisted Nazi ideals.
How did the Swing Youth resist?
They listened to jazz and swing music and wore English-style dress.
Who led the White Rose group?
Hans and Sophie Scholl
Where were the White Rose group based?
Munich University
When were the Scholl’s executed?
February 1943
What did Bishop Galen do in 1940?
Spoke out against the Nazi Aktion T4 programme.
When was Operation Barbarossa launched?
June 1941
What did elites plan to do in 1938?
Overthrow Hitler
What was the Kreisau Circle?
A group of aristocrats, lawyers, SPD politicians and churchmen that opposed the Nazis.
What belief linked the members of the Kreisau Circle?
A Belief in personal freedom and individual responsibility.
How many meetings did the Kreisau Circle hold and when?
Just three meetings between 1942-43.
Where were the meetings of the Kreisau Circle held?
At the home of Count Helmut von Moltke
When was the first attempt to assassinate Hitler?
March 1943
Why did the first attempt to assassinate Hitler fail?
The bomb placed on his plane failed to explode.
When was the Kreisau Circle arrested by the SS?
April 1943
What was Operation Valkyrie?
The plans made by the army to assassinate Hitler and install a provisional government to negotiate a peace with the Allies.
What did Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg manage to do and when?
Plant a bomb at Hitler’s headquarters in Prussia in July 1944.
What was the result of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg’s assassination attempt?
The bomb went off but Hitler only suffered minor injuries.
What was the impact on the army after Colonel Claus van Stauffenberg’s assassination attempt?
The army lost all of its independence and was placed under SS control.
How were the plotters of the assassination attempts viewed by the German people?
They were seen as traitors and the public were not sympathetic with their cause.
Who planted a bomb at Hitler’s headquarters in Prussia?
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
What was the name of the group of elites that tried to oppose Hitler?
Kreisau Circle
What group did Hans and Sophie Scholl lead?
White Rose Group
