life in nazi germany: opposition to the nazis youth. Flashcards
what were the 3 main youth groups that opposed hitler?
ederweiss pirates, swing kids/ youth, leipzig gangs.
ederweiss pirates: what class were the members from?
working class.
ederweiss pirates: what gender was in the group?
girls and boys.
ederweiss pirates: what did the group activities look like?
at weekends went on hikes, camp, sing, talk and hope to beat up hitler patrols.
ederweiss pirates: who did they help?
those trying to escape concentration camps and those going against the nazis.
ederweiss pirates: why were 12 of them hanged 1944?
killed a member of the gestapo.
ederweiss pirates: what age were the members usually?
14-17.
ederweiss pirates: what other sub groups regarded themselves as the ederweiss pirates?
roving dudes.
navajus.
ederweiss pirates: what was their uniform how could they be indentified?
bages- edelweiss/ skull and crossbones.
ederweiss pirates: what was the estimated membership by 1939?
2,000.
ederweiss pirates: what was their aim/ purpose?
rebellious youth trying to escape intrusive nazi system.
ederweiss pirates: who did the vavajos shelter?
concentration camp escapees and army deserters.
ederweiss pirates: who would they attack?
military targets and nazis officials.
ederweiss pirates: what were their consequences originally?
issued warnings with some raids and arrests.
ederweiss pirates: in december 1942 how many memebrs did the gestapo arrest where and what were their consequences?
739.
dusseidorf.
heads shaven, detained/ sent for corrective education/ labour camps. some tried and executed.
swing kids: what class did they come from and what did their wealth mean?
upper middle class.
frequent night clubs.
swing kids: who were many also members of?
hitler youth.
swing kids: where did the groups usually develop and give some examples?
in larger cities eg: hamburg, berlin, franfurt.
swing kids: when did the groups develop?
late 1930.
swing kids: what did they reject?
hitler youth ideologys and generally anti-politics.
swing kids: what was their approach?
develop counter identity, expressed through forbidden music.
swing kids: where did they meet?
bars, nigh clubs and houses.
swing kids: how did they go against nazi ideology?
played black jazz/ white dance band music.
boys wore more european clothing, girls wore make up and jews were accepted.
swing kids: what were the consequences because the nazis felt undermined?
closed bars and made arrests.
leipzig gangs: what were they?
anti-nazi teenagers.
leipzig gangs: where did they come from/ their backgrounds?
organised socialist/ communist families.
leipzig gangs: when did they begin?
1933.
leipzig gangs: what other group were they similar to?
e. pirates.
leipzig gangs: what was their uniform/ how were they identified?
red scarfs.
leipzig gangs: in 1937 and 1939 what were the estimated numebr of members?
1,500.
leipzig gangs: what did they do to goerings house?
broke a window.
leipzig gangs: what would they do?
fight hitler youth.
leipzig gangs: where were they based?
working class neighbourhoods of leipzig.
leipzig gangs: what happend to them in 1939?
persecuted by the nazis authorities and destroyed by the gestapo.