opposition control and consent Flashcards
germany
why did the germans resent the treaty of versailles
- believed they could have won the war
- was seen as a betrayal to the soldiers lost
- felt the weimear republic were traitors to germany
1920
what were the events of the kapp putsch
right wing
- led by wolfgang kapp,and friekorps leader walther luttwiz &herman erdhart
- 12th march stormed berlin and the gov fled
- most of the soldiors would’nt fight the rebels
- annoucened themselvves as the new gov
- trade unions called for a strike demanding an end to the putsch,, 4 days after the strike began the pursch collapsed, wiemar gov returned to berlin and kapp was imprisoned
8th november 1923
what were the events of the munich putsch
weimar oppostion
- led by hitler and the nazis, SA stormed a beer hall in munich were gustav von car and other officials were meeting
- announced the baverian governemnt to be desposed and that hitler and ludendorf were to establish a new one
- forcing the oficials they agreed to aid hitler
- the officials came with police back up and 16 people were shot anf hitler was trialed
- charismatic wrote mein campf had a reduced sentence
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in july 1929 what did germans oppose to
nationial opposition toward the young plan
why was it dangerous to oppose in nazi germany
- firstly the nazis banned all political groups and oppostion parties[ kpd&spd]
- prisovers were imprisoned in concentration camps without trial[injustics]
- public meetings were dangerous to hold fear of being anti-nazi
how did people express opposition and dissent?
nazi
- early 1930s KPD & SPD trade unions printed anti nazi pamphlest- SPD-red shock troop newspaper built a membership of 3000 in 10 days
what happened to the SPD&KPD leaders
nazi
leaders were arrested in december by the gestapo by 1938 they were easy to trace so oppsotion was mainly word-of-mouth snd not form organisations
what forms of sabotage did people use to oppsoe the nazis
- 1936 autobahn workers held lighting strikes
- workers sabotsged productionby working slowly, and dameging machinery or reporting in sich
what was the gestapos response to sabotage?
turned a blind eye and arrested the members, eg, members of the antifacist workers group arrested in 1944
how did the youth oppose the nazis?
- listen to jazz or swing music [ ‘black music’]
- dressed in clothes simmilar to western fashion
- had underground clubs
- refused to join the hitler youth
2 groups
what are some of the anti-nazi youth groups ?
- edelweiss pirates - working class movement , wore their own uniform to make a stament they would run their own activities eg, hiking collected anti-nazi leaflets from allied planes, painted anti nazi slogans on walls
- white rose groups, operated in secret distributed anti nazi material , exposing the nazi murder of jews , urging not violent resistance -
how did the nazis respond to these youth groups?
- members of the white rose groups caught and executed
awareness, removal, shift away
hitler and the church
hitler was aware of the power of religious beliefs, he wanted the loyalty of the german people and signed a concordant with the pope which stated that hitler would leave the catholic church alone if it did not interfere with german politics.
created the peoples church with a reischbishop in charge
by 1933 the church beace less christian having removes the old testament from the bible beacuse it was jewish and displaying nazi banners
confessing church
how did the chuch react to hitlers religious reforms ?
- the removal of the old testament caused an outrage , the pastors emergancy league was developed which turned into the confessing church , condemed the peoples church for obeying the state , spreading anti-semintims and encouraging athism
- members of the confessing church were arrested and some were executed
