Opposition - Army, oppositional parties and the Judiciary

Question 1

Who was suspicious of Hitler and the Nazis?

Answer 1

-Aristocratic leaders

Question 2

Where was there opposition in the army (organisation) and who was it headed by?

Answer 2

-opposition in German Military intelligence organisation (1935 headed by Admiral Canaris)

Question 3

What did the German Military Intelligence Organisation do in 1935?

Answer 3

-tolerated resistance activities and helped Jews escape Germany

Question 4

When was the German Military Intelligence Organisation absorbed into the SA and what was did this mean?

Answer 4

-1944
-opposition was shut down

Question 5

Who was involved in the July Bomb Plot in 1944 and why?

Answer 5

-General Ludwig Beck
-opposed Hitler’s invasion of Czechlovakia

Question 6

Who attempted to assassinate Hitler who was part of the army? When? What happened?

Answer 6

-Colonel Claus Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg
-1944
-he was only injured

Question 7

What did General Hans Oster do and what happened to him?

Answer 7

-advised British Government to stand against Hitler->sent Britain some of Germany’s military plans->died in a concentration camp

Question 8

When were all political parties banned?

Answer 8

-July 1935

Question 9

What did left wing parties continue to do?

Answer 9

-some illegal activities

Question 10

Where were the SPD based while in exile and what did they do?

Answer 10

-based in Prague
-organised underground groups who distributed leaflets and propaganda campaigns eg Berlin Red Patrol

Question 11

What did the KPD form and what happened?

Answer 11

-underground cells
-2/3 of their members were arrested

Question 12

What did some judges try and do despite the Nazis controlling the court system?

Answer 12

-keep proper standards of justice

Question 13

What did judges have to do?

Answer 13

-obliged to join the Nazi Lawyers’ Association
-make oaths of loyalty to Hitler
-they were co=ordinated