Examples Of Resistance To Nazism In Germany Flashcards
How many voters agreed with the Nazis?
About half
What was the White Rose Movement?
A small, non-violent resistance group consisting of students from the University of Munich. They spoke out against Nazism and printed pamphlets.
How did they die?
Early one morning Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans took a suitcase full of their University. They dropped copies in the empty hallways for students to pick up when they arrived for Lectures. They were caught and taken into Gestapo custody. They were tried and executed by guillotine.
What happened shortly after they were caught?
Leaflets were smuggled out of Germany and later copied by Allies and dropped by aircraft over Nazi Germany.
Catholic Church:
Signed an agreement with the Nazis that the Nazis would not interfere with the Catholic Church while the church would not comment on politics.
German Christians:
Were led by Ludwig Muller and supported Hitler. Muller was given the title of Reich Bishop.
Confessing Church:
Opposed the Nazis and were led by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For opposing Nazi ideas, he was forbidden to speak in public and forbidden to publish anything. He worked as a spy as part of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler. He was hung at a concentration camp.
What did the Nazis build in Warsaw when they arrived in 1939?
A wall to enclose a part of the city, which became known as the Warsaw Ghetto . All Jews in surrounding areas had to move into the ghetto.
Were the Jews able to leave the Ghetto?
No, they were locked in, the gates were guarded and any Jew who left the Ghetto with permission was shot.
What policy did the Nazis pursue?
A slow and natural extinction.
Give examples on how they naturally tried to kill the Jews:(4)
- The smell from broken toilets became unbearable.
- The freezing cold Polish winters caused the water pipes to freeze
- Diseases soon broke in the overcrowded Ghetto.
- There was also not enough food.
What in 1941 and 1942?
Thousands of Jews from the Ghetto were rounded up and transported to a death camp. The remaining 65 000 Jews were to be killed.
What did the remaining Jews do?
They formed themselves into freedom fighter groups and at great risk prepared for an uprising. They smuggled in weapons, and dug escape tunnels linked to the sewer pipes.
In April 1943, the Nazis attacked the ghetto and were met with gunfire and were forced to withdraw. They returned and set ____ to the ghetto and threw _________ _____ into the sewers. The survivors were sent to ______ _____.
Fire
Poisonous gas
Death camps
