Opposition, control and consent

Question 1

Give 3 examples of groups who actively resisted against the Nazis.

Answer 1

• Communists (Red Orchestra)
• Students (White Rose)
• Conservative Elites (1944 bomb plot)

Question 2

Give 3 examples of groups who expressed anti-nazi dissemt?

Answer 2

• Youth (Edelweiss Pirates/Swing Youth)
• Christians (Bishop Galen)
• Workers (Through strikes, poor work discipline.)

Question 3

What evidence is there that the Nazis repressed the communists?

Answer 3

The Nazis imprisoned over half the communist party members in 1933. By the 1935 the Gestapo had infiltrated them.

Question 4

How did the Red Orchestra resist the Nazis?

Answer 4

Spy network that succesfully permeated the Nazi Govt and Military. Transmitted information to Moscow.

Question 5

Who were the key members in the White Rose group?

Answer 5

Hans and Sophie Scholl

Question 6

How did the white Rose resist against the nazis?

Answer 6

Printed anti nazi leaflets

Question 7

When did Germany’s conservative elites begin to resist?

Answer 7

1942-3

Question 8

How did the Germany’s conservative elites resist?

Answer 8

They sought to replace Hitler with someone who’d win the war.