Opposition Flashcards
How did the Confessional church oppose the Nazis?
Preaching anti Nazi messages in church services
Who was the head of the Confessional Church?
Pastor Martin Niemoller
How did the Edelweiss pirates oppose the Nazis?
Go on hikes Meet other groups Beat up Hitler Youth patrols During the war they pushed anti Nazi propaganda through people's doors Provided shelter to deserters from the army Killed head of Cologne Gestapo in 1944 Boys grew their hair long Told jokes about the Nazis
How did the Nazis deal with the Edelweiss pirates?
A number of them were hanged
Why were most Germans happy to conform to the Nazis?
Censorship and Propaganda
Nazi success- unemployment reduced/ successes in foreign policy
How did some workers oppose the Nazis?
Staying off ill
Working slowly
Deliberately damaging machinery
How did political parties oppose the Nazis?
SPD- Created opposition newspaper (leaders were rounded up and sent to concentration camps)
- Set up SOPADE- SPD abroad to campaign against the Nazis
KPD- Encouraged workers to be ill/ disrupt work
Why is it difficult to know how much opposition there was to the Nazis?
Organised opposition was banned
Unofficial opposition was risky- harsh punishments for those who were caught
How did Niemoller react after discovering the Nazis had tapped his phone in 1934?
More determined to speak out against them
Publically opposing Nazi policy
Why was Church opposition limited?
More refusal to conform rather than openly opposing the Nazis
How did the Swing Youth oppose the Nazis?
Listen to swing music on record players Drank alcohol Smoked Danced to swing music (particularly the 'jitterbug') Organised illegal dances- up 6,000 young people attended Some listened to jazz
Why was youth opposition limited?
Resisted Nazi expectations rather than publically opposing the Nazis
Opposition mainly cultural rather than political
Numbers limited- Edelweiss Pirates only had 2,000 members by 1939 (HY had 8million)
