Opposition - the Church, Workers and Youth (main) Flashcards
Who were the Edelweiss Pirates?
-mainly rebellious youth trying to escape the Nazi system
-hated authority
-mainly working class
When was the first record of the Edelweiss Pirates?
-1934
How many members of the Edelweiss Pirates were there by 1939?
-2,000
How many members of the Edelweiss Pirates did the Gestapo arrest? When?
-December 1942
-739
When were the leaders of the Edelweiss Pirates hung?
-1944
What was the Swing Youth?
-a group of jazz and swing lovers
-made up of mainly upper-middle class youth
-many were members of the Hitler Youth but they rejected the ideas
-many just wanted to rebel
Why was some music still allowed?
-Goebbels knew music was important for keeping morale up
How did the Nazis perceive the Swing Youth?
-going against Nazi ideology
-political
What punishments did the Swing Youth face?
-public cutting of their hair
-being forced into the Hitler Youth
-in severe cases being sent to concentration camps
When was the White Rose group?
1941-1943
What was the White Rose group?
-non-violent group of students from Munich University
What did the White Rose group do?
-distributed anti-Nazi leaflets
-their 6th and final leaflet was used as propaganda by the British
What did the White Rose group become a symbol of?
-resistance in Germany after allied use of their propaganda
What happened to the White Rose group? When?
-6 core members were captured and executed in February 1943
Who were the leaders of the White Rose group?
-siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl
What was the confessional church more concerned about?
-more concerned about protecting itself than de-establishing the Nazi Regime
What did Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer do and what happened to him?
-criticised Nazism
-he tried to get help from abroad but was executed in April 1945
When did workers strike and how many did?
-1933-1935
-400 workers strikes
What did some workers still maintain links with?
-illegal political parties
What was the German Labour Front announced as? When?
-May 1933
-the DAF was announced as the new nationwide labour organisation to replace the unions->no legal organisations that could be used for opposition
