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Opposition to the Nazis - Coggle Diagram
Opposition to the Nazis
Catholic Church
Protested the teaching of 'racial science' in schools
Pope Pius XII
wrote an encyclical: 'With Burning Anxiety'
Opposed euthanasia + sterilisation
Socialists/Communists
Thousands were sentenced to death
Youth groups
Listened to banned music (eg. jazz)
Wore American-style clothes
White Rose Group
Hans + Sophie Scholl
Handed out leaflets
Leaders eventually executed
Attacked Hitler Youth
Eidelweiss Pirates
(working class) and
Swing Youth
(wealthy)
During WW2, opposition groups increased
Confessing Church
A branch of Protestantism
Bonhoeffer
made a speech opposing Nazi euthanasia policy
Response to churches were Nazified
Army
Operation Valkyrie
The plot encouraged Hitler to make the army controlled by SS