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Weimar Germany
Unit 3: Nazi control and dictatorship
Lesson 20: opposition and resistance towards the Nazi regime
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How many pastors joined the Confessing Church?
6,000
pastors
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How many pastors allowed the Nazi Reich Church?
2,000
pastors
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What did the Confessing Church speak out against?
Injustice
of the Nazis
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Did the opposition from the Confessing Church significantly weaken the Nazis?
No
, it
did
not
significantly weaken
them
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What type of opposition came from the Catholic Church?
Some
priests
spoke out against Nazis
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Who was the Catholic Archbishop of Munster?
Von Galen
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What did Von Galen speak out against?
Nazi
campaigns to kill disabled people
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What was the title of the Pope's encyclical that attacked the Nazis?
'With Burning Concerns'
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How was the encyclical 'With Burning Concerns' distributed?
Read in
every
pulpit
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How did the Nazis react to opposition from the church?
800
pastors
sent to
concentration camps
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How many priests were put in the 'Priest's Block' in Dachau?
400
priests
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Why did few members of the church oppose the Nazis?
Fear
of repercussions
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What was Martin Niemoller's profession before becoming a priest?
U-boat
commander
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What changed Martin Niemoller's mind about the Nazis?
Dislike of
Nazi control
over the church
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What did Niemoller discover about his phone?
It was tapped by the
Gestapo
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What actions did Niemoller take against the Nazis?
Spoke out
publicly
against them
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What happened to Niemoller after he spoke out?
He was
arrested
several times
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Who formed the White Rose group?
Students including
Hans
and
Sophie Scholl
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What did the White Rose group do?
Produced and distributed
leaflets
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What happened to the members of the White Rose group?
They were caught and
executed
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When were the Edelweiss Pirates created?
In the late
1930s
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What characterized the Edelweiss Pirates?
Traveling rebels who bullied
Hitler Youth
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How many members did the Edelweiss Pirates reach?
2,000
members
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Why was youth opposition limited?
Actions did not aim to bring down
Nazis
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Who were the Swing Youth?
Teenagers
from
wealthy
middle-class
families
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What activities did the Swing Youth engage in?
Played
swing
and jazz records illegally
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How many young people attended legal dances organized by the Swing Youth?
Over
6,000
young people
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How many communists were arrested under the Nazi regime?
150,000
communists
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How many communists were executed?
100,000
communists
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What did some high-ranking military officials plot to do?
Overthrow
Hitler
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Who planted the bomb to assassinate Hitler?
Colonel Stauffenberg
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What was the outcome of the bomb planted by Stauffenberg?
It exploded but did not kill
Hitler
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What did the Social Democratic Party (SPD) do?
Printed
opposition
newspapers
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What actions did the military section of the SPD take?
Destroyed
railway lines and acted as
spies
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How did workers oppose the Nazi regime?
Staying off sick and
working slowly
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What did George Elser do in 1939?
Planted a bomb in a
Beer Hall
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What was the result of George Elser's bomb?
It exploded when
Hitler
was meant to be there
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