resistance

• was there resistance to the Nazi regime?

  yes but it was limited because of how controlled Germany was by the police state, propaganda and censorship
• What was passive resistance in Nazi Germany?


  -simply not following the rules set by Hitler

  -i.e. young people dancing and listening to banned music

  -some might refuse to give the "heil Hitler"
• What was active resistance in Nazi Germany?


  -trying to bring down or disrupt the Nazis

  -i.e. violent acts such as assassination attempts

  -less common
• How did trade unions oppose Nazis?


  -Communist party encourage workers to oppose Nazis by faking sickness or purposely breaking machines
• What were the Swing Youth?


  -Group that opposed Nazis

  -did this by listening to jazz music and having Jewish friends

  -drank alcohol and smoked
• What were the white rose group?


  -Led by brother and sister

  -Urged Germans to get rid of Hitler by handing out leaflets graffitiing and putting up posters
• What were the Edelweiss Pirates?


  A student resistant group

  -beat up Nazis

  -helped army deserters
• What was the July 1944 Bomb Plot?


  -Army officer Stauffenburg part of group that detonated bomb where Hitler was meeting with other Nazi leaders

  -Killed 4 men and injured Hitler but did not kill him
• How did the churches oppose the Nazis?


  -6000 protestant pastors joined cofessing church which opposed the Nazis

  -some catholic priests spoke out against them
• Why was opposition to the Nazi regime limited?


  - could easily arrest anyone who stood against them and send them to concentration camps

  -happened to around 800 Protestant pastors.