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ww2 resistance
conservatives, communists, church, youth resistance to nazis in WWW2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the discussion in conservative circles RE hitler | replacing him |
| kreisav circle | conservative officers and professionals who planned to resist hitler |
| when was the kreisav circle established | 1933 |
| what did the kreisav circle do in 1943 | drew up basic principles for a new order in an open and fair germany |
| did the kreisav circle ever act on their plans | no |
| what happened to the kreisav circle in 1944 | many arrested and executed after operation valkyrie |
| who founded the beck-goerdeler group (2) | - carl Goerdeler -general ludwig beck |
| what did the beck-goedeler group plan to do in march 1943 | assassinate hitler |
| why didn't the beck-goedeler group assassinate hitler | not enough support |
| why did army members resist nazis | concern when war turned against germany 1942 |
| how many assassination attempts against hitler between 1935-1945 involved army officers | 5 |
| when did youth dissent of the nazis drastically increase | during WW2 |
| where were the edelweiss pirates from | dusseldorf and cologne |
| when were the edelweiss pirates started | late 1930s |
| edelweiss pirates background | working class |
| what did the edelweiss pirates do against nazis (2) | -sabotage and vandalism against military -attacked hitler youth patrols |
| what did the edelweiss pirates do in 1944 | assassinate local gestapo chief |
| how do the nazis respond to the edelweiss pirates assassinating gestapo leader 1944 | hang 12 members |
| swing youth | middle class youth who oppose nazi social values |
| what do swing youth do against nazi social values (3) | -dress american -listen to jazz drink |
| were the sing youth involved in politics | no |
| when was the white rose active | 1941-1943 |
| who lead the white rose | sophie and hans scholl |
| what did the white rose oppose about the nazi party | brutality on eastern front |
| what did the white rose do against the nazis | distribute leaflets detailing nazi atrocities |
| what happened to white rose in 1943 | hans and sophie scholl are arrested, tortured and executed |
| did the nazis take youth resistance seriously in the 1930s | no |
| when did nazis start taking youth resistance seriously | 1942 |
| what did nazis do against youth resistance | set up youth concentration camps |
| example of protestant anti nazi | pastor bonhoffer |
| what did bonhoffer do in 1938 | returned from US to germany to oppose nazis |
| what did bonhoffer do against nazis (2) | -secured anti nazi help abroad -established contact with army members who opposed nazis e.g. general Beck |
| what happened to pastor bonhoffer in 1943 | arrested by nazis |
| what happened to pastor bonhoffer in 1945 | executed in concentration camp |
| why was it hard for catholics to oppose nazis | pope pious XII was silent RE holocaust |
| example of catholic anti nazi | cardinal clemens von galen |
| what did cardinal von galen do in 1941 | give famous sermon against nazi euthanasia |
| what did nazis have to do in response to galens anti euthanasia campaigning | end the Aktion T4 euthanasia programme |
| how did the nazis retaliate to galens 1941 sermon | behead 3 priests |
| what happened to cardinal galen in 1944 | arrested by nazis |
| what happened to cardinal galen in 1945 | released from nazi custody |
| why didn't the nazis execute cardinal galen | he was too popular |
| was there much opposition to nazis from socialist democrats by WW2 | no |
| what did the socialist democrats believe RE overthrowing hitler | only hope = rebellion within army |
| why did communist anti-nazi protest spike in 1941 | nazis invaded USSR |
| when was the uhrig group active | 1941-42 |
| where were the uhrig group active | berlin |
| how many uhrig group members were there | 100 |
| what did the uhrig group do against the nazis (2) | -information service newssheet -spread anti-nazi slogans across berlin |
| what happened to the uhrig group in 1942 | leaders arrested by gestapo |
| who continued uhrig group legacy after 1942 | 67 factory groups |
| who made up the baum group | young jewish communists |
| name of baum group weekly newssheet | the way out |
| what did the baum group do in may 1942 | burn down soviet paradise anti-communist exhibition |
| how did nazis retaliate against baum group arson of soviet paradise exhibition in 1942 (2) | -destroyed group -executed 500 innocent jews |
| what did the home front group do against the nazis | -fortnightly newssheet -anti nazi leaflets |
| what happened to the home front group in autumn 1942 | discovered by gestapo |
| red orchestra | sky orginisation |
| who did the red orchestra give german information to | USSR |
| what happened to the red orchestra in 1942 | crushed by Abweher |
| abweher | german military intelligence |