OPPOSITION TO THE NAZIS

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OPPOSITION TO THE NAZIS
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Who is this?
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AIMS

• To research the extent of opposition to the Nazi
  regime.
• To understand the different ways in which people
  could show opposition.

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HOW COULD YOU SHOW OPPOSITION?
Coup Public criticism Not giving the Hitler
salute Assassination Anti-Nazi leaflets Spying
for foreign governments Emigrating Obstructive
collaboration Listening to the BBC Going on
strike Anti-Nazi jokes Not attending nazi
meetings Refusing to contribute to
collections Helping Nazi victims Suicide
Pressurising for higher wages Privately
discussing alternative government Anti-Nazi
graffiti Collecting evidence of Nazi
crimes Refuse to join Hitler Youth Applaud
subversive speeches in plays Print opposition
literature Read banned literature Hiding
Jews Desert from armed forces Underachieving in
the workplace Spontaneous protests Listen to
American jazz
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EARLY YEARS

• Best chance of overthrowing Hitler.
• BUT!Opposition was divided.Few expected Hitler
  to last.Hitler had been appointed legally.Hope
  of national revival.Army appeased by Night of
  the Long Knives.Early victims were
  unpopular.Hitler controlled more radical
  Nazis.Nazi success reinforced by propaganda.

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OPPOSITION GROUPS

• See pages 322-325 for full details.
• Churches.
• Youth.
• Army.
• Government Civil Service.
• Judiciary.
• Workers.
• Opposition Parties.
• Traditional Elites.

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EVIDENCE OF OPPOSITION

• Official reports.
• Sopade reports (exiled SPD)
• Court proceedings.
• Punishments.
• Concentration camp inmates.
• Exiles.