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Opposition Flashcards

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Factors that made opposition difficult

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-Loyal army
-Tradition of respect for authority
-Network of government informers
-Powerful secret police
-Government control of the media
-One party state
-No independent trade unions

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Factors that encouraged opposition

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-Rising unemployment
-Food shortages
-General negative feelings about country’s future
-Foreign policy failures
-Divided government
-Weak leadership
-Free elections
-Arbitrary imprisonment
-Range of political parties
-Potential opposition groups willing to co operate

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Places of opposition to the Nazis

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-Socialists
-Communists
-Church
-Young people
-Students
-Army
-Gov/Civil service
-Traditional elites

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Sophie Shcoll
1921-1943

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-Family believed in liberal ideas

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Gleichschaltung - Co ordination

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Between Nazi’s and Church

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Concordat

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1933
Between Catholic Church and Nazis

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“Survival of Christianity is more important than criticising the government

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-Pope Pius XII
-1876-1958

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“Survival of Christianity is more important than criticising the government

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-Pope Pius XII
-1876-1958

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“I hate traditional religion. Here is an opportunity to start something new that suits our beliefs”

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-Alfred Rosenberg
-1893-1946

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“This regime is so evil I do what I can to overthrow it”

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Bishop Clemens Von Galen
1878-1946

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Ludwig Müller

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-Leader of German Christians
-Nationalist
-Anti-Semitic
-Suicide in 1946

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Alfred Rosenberg

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-Anti-Christian
-German faith movement
-1941 made minister for occupied territories

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Pope Pius XI

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-Agreed to concordat
-1937 outspoken Nazi attack

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Pope Pius XII

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-Negotiated concordat
-Didn’t openly condemn Nazism
-Wanted to maintain churches role

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Increase in Church support

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-Closer due to showing loyalty to church
-Harsh taxes, economic difficulties, pressure against church
-War drove people back to religion

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Decrease in church support

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-People believed they couldn’t do anything against new forces
-Prevention of men in taking part in parish life due to other events
-State youth events took church into account less
-Youth lost habit
-Schools

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Opposition form German Youth

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-Student opposition e.g white rose
-Edelweiss pirates/working class youth
-Swing youth/jazz youth/middle class

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Who were the Edelweiss Pirates

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-Youth with musical instruments
-Women who Nazis believed did not conform
-Some were in the army
-Risked lack of morale

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How did the Edelweiss Pirates show opposition

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-Graffiti
-Slander towards the regime
-Tried to provoke reaction
-Fought with the Hitler youth

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Who were the Swing youth

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-Secret state police were involved in intervening with their actions
-Nazis believed their ideas were being taught by parents and teachers
-They should be punished as well
-Himmler wanted to send them all to a concentration camp

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Motives of the White rose group

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-Encouraged others to think similarly
-Stop Germans being complicit
-Idea of a new federation style running of Europe
-Sabotaging what they could to hinder Nazi plans
-Believed German people did not care what their country was doing
-Highlighted horrors that were being committed

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Church opposition activities

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-Spoke out against radical policies e.g eugenics

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Success of Church Opposition

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-Didn’t challenge fundamental Nazi ideology
-As long as church remained independent many did not care what the Nazis did

-Hitler had to publicly order end of acts of Euthanasia as opposition was so strong

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Opposition of Left wing

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-Anti Nazi leaflets 35-36
-Discussion groups
-Red Orchestra- subgroup of communists that intended to subvert the Nazi war machine

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Success of Left Wing Opposition

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-By 1945 over half of German communists had been arrested or imprisoned
-25,000-30,000 had been executed
-Lacked a common strategy
-German labour front established after abolishment of Trade Unions as Germans were enrolled in DAF. This controlled labour force and showed left wing was under Nazi control

-Able to produce Anti German Literature

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Opposition from Students/Youth

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-Some refused to join Hitler youth
-Edelweiss Pirates in western Germany
-Encouraged free speech
-White rose in Munich uni
-Marches and leaflets

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Success of opposition from Students/Youth

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-Harsh brutality of Nazis towards youth showed they posed a threat
-Mass audience

-Hans and Sophie executed in 1943
-6 members of Edelweiss Pirates publicly hung in 1944

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Right wing opposition

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-Armed forces opposition was high risk
-Black plot of 1938
-Bomb plot of 1944
-Kreisau circle wanted to overthrow the regime

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Success of right wing opposition

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-Outside of the army there was little threat
-No collective action
-More successful privately with hopes of better future

30
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Hopes of Jacob Zorn towards communist Party

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-Create a revolution
-Believed they were the only party that offered organised resistance

31
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After 1933 how the communist party organised resistance

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-Getting money
-Distributing leaflets
-Contacts abroad

32
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Why was KPD resistance not effective

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-Open about it
-Risked being caught
-No extreme actions so not much could be achieved

33
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How the regime took action against the communists

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-Police broke up illegal organisations
-Followed distribution route of leaflets
-Members tried for high treason
-New guidelines for illegal activity published in 1937

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Opposition of KPD from 1936 onwards

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-Switched from leaflets to word of mouth
-Set up bases in french factories
-Advocated for popular front on the French pattern

35
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Kreisua Circle reasons for opposition

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-Mass killings
-Greece 220 men shot
-Berlin Jews being rounded up

36
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1938 Fritsch Affair

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-Hitler assumed control and appointed pro-Nazi generals and showed he was determined to make war
-Changes to high command
-Encouraged opposition by the army

37
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Opposition which led to bomb plot

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-Germany’s Eastern policy
-Victory in the East as only possible if they won support of locals which was unlikely
-Hitler’s growing power

38
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Bomb Plot

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July 1944

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