life in nazi germany: opposition to the nazis youth.

Question 1

what were the 3 main youth groups that opposed hitler?

Answer 1

ederweiss pirates, swing kids/ youth, leipzig gangs.

Question 2

ederweiss pirates: what class were the members from?

Answer 2

working class.

Question 3

ederweiss pirates: what gender was in the group?

Answer 3

girls and boys.

Question 4

ederweiss pirates: what did the group activities look like?

Answer 4

at weekends went on hikes, camp, sing, talk and hope to beat up hitler patrols.

Question 5

ederweiss pirates: who did they help?

Answer 5

those trying to escape concentration camps and those going against the nazis.

Question 6

ederweiss pirates: why were 12 of them hanged 1944?

Answer 6

killed a member of the gestapo.

Question 7

ederweiss pirates: what age were the members usually?

Answer 7

14-17.

Question 8

ederweiss pirates: what other sub groups regarded themselves as the ederweiss pirates?

Answer 8

roving dudes.
navajus.

Question 9

ederweiss pirates: what was their uniform how could they be indentified?

Answer 9

bages- edelweiss/ skull and crossbones.

Question 10

ederweiss pirates: what was the estimated membership by 1939?

Answer 10

2,000.

Question 11

ederweiss pirates: what was their aim/ purpose?

Answer 11

rebellious youth trying to escape intrusive nazi system.

Question 12

ederweiss pirates: who did the vavajos shelter?

Answer 12

concentration camp escapees and army deserters.

Question 13

ederweiss pirates: who would they attack?

Answer 13

military targets and nazis officials.

Question 14

ederweiss pirates: what were their consequences originally?

Answer 14

issued warnings with some raids and arrests.

Question 15

ederweiss pirates: in december 1942 how many memebrs did the gestapo arrest where and what were their consequences?

Answer 15

739.
dusseidorf.
heads shaven, detained/ sent for corrective education/ labour camps. some tried and executed.

Question 16

swing kids: what class did they come from and what did their wealth mean?

Answer 16

upper middle class.
frequent night clubs.

Question 17

swing kids: who were many also members of?

Answer 17

hitler youth.

Question 18

swing kids: where did the groups usually develop and give some examples?

Answer 18

in larger cities eg: hamburg, berlin, franfurt.

Question 19

swing kids: when did the groups develop?

Answer 19

late 1930.

Question 20

swing kids: what did they reject?

Answer 20

hitler youth ideologys and generally anti-politics.

Question 21

swing kids: what was their approach?

Answer 21

develop counter identity, expressed through forbidden music.

Question 22

swing kids: where did they meet?

Answer 22

bars, nigh clubs and houses.

Question 23

swing kids: how did they go against nazi ideology?

Answer 23

played black jazz/ white dance band music.
boys wore more european clothing, girls wore make up and jews were accepted.

Question 24

swing kids: what were the consequences because the nazis felt undermined?

Answer 24

closed bars and made arrests.

Question 25

leipzig gangs: what were they?

Answer 25

anti-nazi teenagers.

Question 26

leipzig gangs: where did they come from/ their backgrounds?

Answer 26

organised socialist/ communist families.

Question 27

leipzig gangs: when did they begin?

Answer 27

1933.

Question 28

leipzig gangs: what other group were they similar to?

Answer 28

e. pirates.

Question 29

leipzig gangs: what was their uniform/ how were they identified?

Answer 29

red scarfs.

Question 30

leipzig gangs: in 1937 and 1939 what were the estimated numebr of members?

Answer 30

1,500.

Question 31

leipzig gangs: what did they do to goerings house?

Answer 31

broke a window.

Question 32

leipzig gangs: what would they do?

Answer 32

fight hitler youth.

Question 33

leipzig gangs: where were they based?

Answer 33

working class neighbourhoods of leipzig.

Question 34

leipzig gangs: what happend to them in 1939?

Answer 34

persecuted by the nazis authorities and destroyed by the gestapo.