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History Germany: Nazi Opposition
- Keisau Circle (1943-45)
- Why? didn't like the
way the army was
treated, didnt like the
actions of the SS
death quad as it went
against army code of
conduct
- What? Tried to kill Hitler
a few times, (planted a
bomb in Hitler's suitcase)
- Punishment? Stauffenberg and
Back were rounded up, tortured
and executed by fire squad
- Why? didn't like the
way the army was
treated, didnt like the
actions of the SS
death quad as it went
against army code of
conduct
- Edeweiss Pirates
- Why? opposed nazi regime, wanted to
have fun and not be told what to do
- What? Passive
resistance (refused to
join Hitler Youth),
drank, listened to
music, had sex, made
rude alternatives to
nazi songs
- Punishment? many were beaten and head
shaven, a group of 12 hung for revenge for
killing the head of Cologne Gestapo
- Why? opposed nazi regime, wanted to
have fun and not be told what to do
- Martin Niemoller
- Why? believed the Reich church
focused on Nazism not christianity
- What? refused to
swear loyalty oath to
Fuhrer, spoke out
against the arrest of
christian ministers,
set up confessional
church to speak out
against Nazi's
- Punishment?
arrested in 1937,
7 months in
prison, sent to
Sachsenhausen
camp after he
was released
from prison and
continued to
speak out,
released 7 years
later by allies in
1945
- Why? believed the Reich church
focused on Nazism not christianity
- Poplitical Opponents
- Why? trade unions
wanted workers rights,
socialists party wanted
a return to democracy,
communists wanted a
revolution
- What?
400
strikes
between
1933-1935
- Punishment?
1933, offices of
political opponent
leaders ransacked,
beaten, tortured,
killed, 2/3rds of the
communists party
arrested
- Why? trade unions
wanted workers rights,
socialists party wanted
a return to democracy,
communists wanted a
revolution
- White Rose group
- Why? Hans and
Sophie Scholl and
Christoph Probst,
disagreed with nazi
aims and treatment of
jews, as a medical
student Hans saw first
hand treatment of
jews, non-aryans
- spread anti-nazi
messages in leaflets,
"we will not be silent,
we are your bad
consciounce, the
white rose group will
never leave you in
peace"
- Punishment?
arrested and
tortured, Sophie's
leg broken in the
process, 22nd
February 1943
sentanced to death
and executed by the
Guillotine
- Why? Hans and
Sophie Scholl and
Christoph Probst,
disagreed with nazi
aims and treatment of
jews, as a medical
student Hans saw first
hand treatment of
jews, non-aryans
- Dietrich Bonhoffer
- Why? opposed
nazi beliefs on race
and euthanasia
- What? 1935 he spoke out against
Nuremburg Laws, helped to set up
"operation 7" helped a small group of
jews escape to Switzerland
- Punishment? April
1942 he was
arrested (accused
of plotting against
Hitler), executed by
the SS April 1945
- Why? opposed
nazi beliefs on race
and euthanasia
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