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Hitler and his Opposition

Hitler and his Opposition . By Sophie and Mili  . The problem with opposition.

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Hitler and his Opposition

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  1. Hitler and his Opposition By Sophie and Mili

  2. The problem with opposition • It was incredibly difficult to oppose Hitler because it was very dangerous and it was of course illegal. Many who attempted to defy Hitler and his views, either through protest or media outlets, did not drum up enough support due to the fear people had of the Nazi Regime, and the fear to defy the Fuhrer. • Opposition ranged from non compliance to Nazi Rule to attempts to assassinate Hitler. There were many ranges of groups which tried to defy Hitler over the years; none had any great deal of success, and many were imprisoned or killed once their defiance to Hitler was made public.

  3. RESISTANCE GROUPS: Photos Clockwise from left: the failed attempt at Hitler’s life that was the Hitler Bomb Plot, the White Rose Group, and the Edelweiss Pirates.

  4. White Rose Group • The white rose group was a group of students at Munich University who formed a non violent resistance group. This particular group became known for their anonymous leaflet campaign which lasted from June 1942-February 1943, this called for active opposition to the Nazi reign. The group authored 6 anti Nazi political resistance leaflets. • They instructed Germans to passively resist the Nazis as they had been horrified by the behaviour of the Germans on the Eastern Front where they had witnessed a group of naked Jews being shot in a pit. (Holocaustresearchproject.org, 2007)  All members of the white rose were sentenced to death. At separate times though. All of them faced their deaths bravely.

  5. Photos of the White Rose group

  6. Edelweiss Pirates • The Edelweiss Pirates were a more violent group. As the pirates group grew more advanced their actions became more bold. They painted anti-Nazi slogans, tried to help Jews and also engaged in small sabotage acts. This group was made up of youths who opposed Nazi Rule. • They were primarily opposed to the way the Hitler Youth movement had taken over the lives of youths in Hitler’s Germany. (Historylearningsite.co.uk,2011)  • weren’t a movement but more an overall association of a number of youth movements against Hitler that had developed. Most cities in Western Germany had some sort of Pirates group though many did not use the title. • Members of the Edelweiss pirates took part in restricted activities by going hiking or on camping trips. Whilst on these trips they would have enough freedom to sing songs banned by the Nazi which were mainly blues or jazz songs that had filtered over from France. They were also able to have conversations that would have been forbidden in the city. • In November 1944 13 youths were hanged in public, 6 of them were or had been members of the pirates.

  7. Photos of the Edelweiss Pirates

  8. Other forms of opposition • The earliest resistance was the political opposition which was organised by the leftist parties such as the Social democratic party and the communist party of Germany. Hitler took political prisoners and put them in camps which then later became concentration camp. • The church played a role in stopping the killing of mentally or physically handicapped individuals. Individual clergymen sought to protect or help the Jews.

  9. Assassination • Army officers, academics, social conservatives, Catholics and protestants made up a party called the Kreisau Circle. This particular resistance group was best known for the July 1944 Bomb Plot. The aim of the bomb plot was to kill Hitler and to end World War II, this wasn’t the first attempt to kill Hitler however it was the one that came the closest to succeeding. The group believed that the Allied forces would be up for negotiation in regards to surrender • once Hitler had been killed, this then created the bomb plot development. Any attempt on Hitler’s life had to be planned meticulously. Hitler ended up surviving the bomb plot. The conspirators based in the war office were shot by a firing squad. Anybody who was related to the bomb plot faced arrest, torture and execution. Many were made to stand before Roland Freisler who showed no mercy.

  10. Bibliography • Anne, M. (1992) Germany 1918-1945, Democracy to Dictatorship . Port Melbourne: Heinemann, p.71-118. • Eric, W. (1997) Weimar and Nazi Germany. Croatia : Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, p.20-60. • Josh, B. (1995) Hitler's Germany. New York: Longman Inc, p.1-32. • Toby, B. (1991) Nazi Germany: Understanding the Third Reich. Melbourne: Department of History, La Trobe University, p.1-59. • Historylearningsite.co.uk (2011) The Edelweiss Pirates. [online] Available at: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/edelweiss_pirates.htm [Accessed: 22 Jul 2012]. • Holocaustresearchproject.org (2007) The White Rose Revolt & Resistance www.HolocaustResearchProject.org. [online] Available at: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/whiterose.html [Accessed: 22 Jul 2012]. • Libcom.org (2011) 1939-1945: The Edelweiss Pirates | libcom.org. [online] Available at: http://libcom.org/history/articles/edelweiss-pirates/ [Accessed: 22 Jul 2012].

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