Other Opposition

• Who were the White Roses?

  The White Roses were an intellectual anti-Hitler group who were very public about their distaste for Hitler.
• Who ran the White Roses?

  University students, Hans and Sophie Scholl. They were brother and sister.
• How would the White Roses show their opposition?

  They published anti-Nazi leaflets and marched through the city to protest.
• What happened to Hans and Sophie Scholl?

  The White Roses were invaded by the Gestapo and members were arrested, put on trial and executed.
• How did the Catholic Church oppose the Nazis?

  They publicaly opposed the 1933 Sterilisation Law, but they did not provide that much of a threat.
• What was the 1933 Sterilisation Law?

  A law that prevented people with disabilities and hereditary diseases from having children.
• How did the Protestant Church oppose the Nazis?

  Lutherans made the Confessing Church to oppose the Nazi-run churches; one of the people who did this was Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
• What did Dietrich Bonhoeffer oppose?

  Bonhoeffer opposed the euthanasia and persecution of Jewish converts to Christianity.
• What happened to Bonhoeffer?

  He was arrested in 1943 and executed in 1945.
• How did outlawed politicians oppose the Nazi regime?

  Outlawed politicians ran underground campaigns; these groups were the SDP and Communists.
• What happened to Communists?

  20,000 Communists were executed.