Opposition to the Nazis

• What consisted of political parties in opposition to the Nazis

  Underground networks of banned political parties like the communists and social democrats
• What were political parties activities in opposition to Nazis

  Collecting information about Nazi atrocities and distributing leaflets against Hitler rather than espionage, they passed what they learned to foreign countries
• What did they want to do with political parties

  Sought to keep their parties alive in the hope of being able to take advantage of a political change later
• How were churches opposed to the Nazis

  Small minority of the clergy spoke out against the Nazis
• How was the catholic church specifically opposed to the Nazis

  Only opposed to the regime when its own deepest values were challenged such as the Nazi euthanasia campaign
• How was the protestant church specifically opposed to the Nazis

  Never directly opposed to the regime, although many protestant ministers did
• What are some examples of unorganised resistance

  The Edelweiss pirates and the white rose
• What did ordinary Germans do to help Jewish people

  Sheltered Jews during the holocaust by hiding them and getting them papers
• What did the informal network of young Germans do

  Evaded serving in the Hitler youth and defied cultural policies~
• What did the Army do to oppose the Nazis

  Hatched conspiracies against Hitler in 1938 and 1939 but were unable to take action
• What happened after German defeat at the battle of Stalingrad in 1942

  Able to make contact with several army officers who were opposed to Hitlers leadership
• Who were large resistors largely drawn in from

  Old Prussian aristocracy which was the only social class which had not been successfully penetrated by Nazi ideology
• Who was the person who plotted to kill Hitler in 1939

  Georg Elser