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Opposition and resistance
LO: How
effectively
did the Nazis
deal with the
people who
opposed
them?
Why so little opposition?
1. FEAR!
risk of arrest,
torture, death for
criticising Hitler/
Nazis
3. ECONOMIC
FEAR
- If I speak out
I’ll lose my job
- better to “keep
my head down”
2. NAZI SUCCESSES
- economic recovery
- return to order and
traditional values
- successful foreign
policy
4. PROPAGANDA
- all news, TV and
films were controlled
- most people only
heard “good” news
Group
Reason for
opposing?
Roman Catholic
Churchmen
Archbishop Galen
Protestant
Churchmen
Pastor Martin
Niemoller
Dietrich Bonhoffer
Army officers –
inc. Claus von
Stauffenburg
What actions, if
any, did they
take?
How did Nazis
deal with them?
Group
“Swing” Youth
Edelweiss Pirate
gangs
White Rose Group
Reason for
opposing?
What actions, if
How did Nazis
any, did they take? deal with them?
Group
Communists
(KPD)
Socialists / Social
Democrats (SPD)
Reason for
opposing?
What actions, if
any, did they
take?
How did Nazis
deal with them?
Video resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tHHxCaQ30I
(Youth Opposition video – 8:30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWClMNLZodU&list
=PL6C76657C79103DA1 (12m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsN2de8hTJs&list=P
L6C76657C79103DA1 (11m)
Opposition to the Nazis Part 1 & Part 2 (Youtube;
MrGreen1066)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtCaVtryiE
(Valkyrie trailer 2-3 mins)
Word association game
Quick fire exchange of
related words about
Nazi Germany…
… but you cannot say
“Nazi” or “Hitler”
“Nazi”, “Hitler”, an
unrelated word, or an
overly long pause and
you lose…
Size of opposition
Between 1933-1945 the Nazis arrested
500,000 Germans for active resistance /
opposition
We don’t know exact figures but probably
over 100,000 were killed
KEY POINT: Even in late 1930s not all
Germans supported Hitler!!
When the Nazis came for the Communists I
was silent. I was not a Communist.
When the Nazis came for the Social
Democrats [Socialists] I was silent. I was
not a Social Democrat.
When the Nazis came for the Trade
Unionists I was silent. I was not a Trade
Unionist.
When the Nazis came for the Jews I was
silent. I wasn’t a Jew.
When the Nazis came for me there was no
one left to protest.
– Martin Niemoller