Opposition and Resistance Flashcards
1
Q
How did the Communists resist?
A
Cells in large cities, producing anti-Nazi pamphlets
2
Q
An example of Communist resistance?
A
Red Orchestra (Moscow)
3
Q
How effective were the Communists?
A
Minimal, most arrested
4
Q
What Youth groups resisted?
A
Edelweiss Pirates and the Swing Youth
5
Q
How effective were the youth groups?
A
Limited, some did attack Gestapo agents
6
Q
What group did students form?
A
The White Rose Movement
7
Q
What did the WRM do?
A
Issued pamphlets condemning the Nazi regime
8
Q
What happened to the WRM?
A
Leaders arrested and tortured
9
Q
Who was the Kreisau Circle made up of?
A
Officers, aristocrats and academics
10
Q
Why was there so little open opposition?
A
- ‘Economic miracle had improved life
- Terror
- Divisions
- Nazi’s hid unpopular policies e.g. anti-semitism after Kristallnacht
