History 9 Flashcards
RESISTANCE TO
HITLER (political)
The Right
Kreisau Circle
Met to discuss how Germany should be
governed after the removal of Hitler
Army officers
Aristocrats
Professionals
The Left
Communists and Socialists maintained
underground networks
Distributed pamphlets and anti-Nazi
propaganda
Encouraged strikes among workers
RESISTANCE TO
HITLER (youth)
YOUTH
Eidelweiss Pirates
Swing Movement
RESISTANCE TO HITLER (army)
General Beck wanted to overthrow
Hitler in the late 30’s
Bomb plot to kill Hitler failed in July
1944
He was arrested and killed that night
RESISTANCE TO HITLER (churches)
Catholics
Galen of Munster (Catholic Bishop)
Spoke out against Euthanasia, forced
sterilization, and concentration camps in
1941
Got enough support that the public
euthanasia program was stopped
Protestants
Pastor Martin Niemoller
Formed a rival church to the Nazi Reich
Church
Spent 8 years in a concentration camp
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Very outspoken against Nazi policies
Arrested and accused of being part of the
bomb plot
2 years in prisons and Concentration
camps before being executed
