Opposition To The Nazis 1939-1945 Flashcards
How were the Roman Catholic Church a threat to the Nazis?
Had more members worldwide than the NSDAP
Nazis had broken promises to them (concordat)
How were the KPD a threat to the Nazis?
political opponents of the Nazis
How did the Roman Catholic Church oppose the Nazis
Pope Pius XI and Bishop Van Galen both condemned the regime
Many hid Jews during the holocaust
How did the Nazis remove the threat of the Roman Catholic Church?
Thousands of catholic priests were sent to concentration camps
How did the KPD oppose the Nazis?
They sent information secretly to the USSR (eg. Nazi war plans)
Set up a secret organisation called the Red Orchestra
How did the Nazis remove the threat of the KPD?
Leaders were arrested and executed after spies infiltrated the group
How did the Protestant church oppose the Nazis?
Split into the Confessional Church, led by Pastor Martin Niemöller
Passed secrets to allies
Assassination attempts
How did the Nazis remove the threat of the Confessional Church?
Leaders Pastor Martin Niemöller and Dietrich Bonhoeffer were both sent to concentration camps and Bonhoeffer was executed, Niemöller was kept in solitary confinement.
Who were the Swing Youths and how did they oppose the Nazis?
Urban upper middle class youths Not very political but listened to jazz and went to bars and clubs
How did the Nazis remove the opposition of the Swing Youths?
Closed down Bars and clubs
Who were the Edelweiss Pirates and how did they oppose the Nazis?
Working class youths, wore checked shirts and dark trousers Refused HYM, mocked and beat up HYM members, distributed anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets.
Who were the White Rose?
Non-violent anti-Nazi Resistance group
Set up in 1942 by Munich University students Hans and Sophie Scholl.
How did the White Rose oppose the Nazis?
Distributed anti-Nazi leaflets
How did the Nazis remove the threat of the White Rose movement?
Main members executed by the Gestapo, caught and reported by the caretaker of the university
How did the Jews resist the Nazis?
Revolted in April 1943 in Warsaw Ghetto
Rebelled in Treblinka August 1943 and Auschwitz October 1944.
Smuggled food into ghettos, produced underground newspapers, forged papers and destroyed files
