Resistance and Opposition to Hitler

Question 1

Give 4 reasons why people supported the Nazis:

Answer 1

-Teenagers enjoyed adventures in the Hitler Youth
-Wealthy businessmen and factory owners were pleased to help the Nazis mass produce weapons and equipment for war
-Employed people were motivated through the Strength through Joy movement
-Work conditions were improved by the German Labour Front

Question 2

What was the lowest type of opposition to the Nazis?

Answer 2

Moaning or ‘grumbling’.

Question 3

Where did moaning or ‘grumbling’ often happen and what did it include?

Answer 3

Often in the privacy of people’s own homes, people might tell an anti-Hitler joke or complain about the way their Jewish friends were being treated.

Question 4

Give an example of an anti-Nazi joke:

Answer 4

‘Hitler and Goering are standing on top of Berlin’s radio tower. Hitler says he wants to do something to cheer up the people of Berlin. “Why don’t you just jump?” suggest Goering.’

Question 5

What were anti-Nazi jokes known as?

Answer 5

Flusterwitze.

Question 6

Give an example of a severe punishment to a Berlin factory worker:

Answer 6

Marianne Elise K was convicted of undermining the war effort ‘through spiteful remarks’ and was executed in 1944 for telling this joke.

Question 7

What was passive resistance?

Answer 7

When Germans publicly showed they didn’t support the Nazis, by refusing to do exactly what they were told.

Question 8

Give 2 examples of passive resistance:

Answer 8

-They refused to give the ‘Heil Hitler’ salute
-They refused to give money to the Hitler Youth members who went from house to house collecting funds

Question 9

Name 2 open opposition groups to Hitler:

Answer 9

-The Swing Youth
-the White Rose Group

Question 10

What did the White Rose group urge Germans to do?

Answer 10

Get rid of Hitler.

Question 11

What 3 things did the White Rose Group do?

Answer 11

-Handed out anti-Nazi leaflets
-Put up posters
-Wrote graffiti on walls.

Question 12

Name 2 banned youth groups:

Answer 12

-The Edelweiss Pirates
-The Navajos

Question 13

Give 2 things banned youth groups did:

Answer 13

-Beat up army officials
-Helped army deserters

Question 14

Name 2 things other banned youth groups did:

Answer 14

-Sabotaged railway lines
-Acted as spies, passing on military secrets to other countries

Question 15

When did the Catholic church speak out against the killing of the physically and mentally disabled people?

Answer 15

1941

Question 16

How many total attempts were there on Hitler’s life?

Answer 16

Around 50

Question 17

Name 1 group who were were shocked by Hitler’s plan and brutality of the Nazis regime and discussed assassinating Hitler, but didn’t actually do anything:

Answer 17

The Kreisau Circle.

Question 18

What did the Kreisau Circle consist of?

Answer 18

Army officers, university professors and aristocrats.

Question 19

which group contacted the British and to do what?

Answer 19

The Beck-Goerdeler group contacted the British about the possibility of removing Hitler, but nothing could be agreed.

Question 20

Who led the Beck-Goerdeler group?

Answer 20

Former army general Ludwig Beck and Nazi official Karl Goerdeler.

Question 21

When did the Beck-Goerdeler group make attempts on Hitler’s life?

Answer 21

In March and November 1943.

Question 22

What plot were the Beck-Goerdeler group behind?

Answer 22

The July Bomb Plot of 1944

Question 23

What year was the July Bomb Plot?

Answer 23

1944

Question 24

How was the war going at the time of the July Bomb Plot?

Answer 24

Very badly.

Question 25

Which army officer agreed to be a part of the July Bomb Plot?

Answer 25

Claus Von Stauffenberg.

Question 26

What 5 things happened in the July Bomb Plot?

Answer 26

-4 men were killed
-Hitler’s hair was burned
-Hitler’s eardrums were burst
-Some of Hitler’s clothes were blown off
-Hitler survived

Question 27

What 3 things did the group who carried out the July Bomb Plot want to do?

Answer 27

-Take over
-End the war
-Change Germany for the better