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The growth of opposition to Hitler - Coggle Diagram
The growth of opposition to Hitler
Growth of oppositon
Despite the measures of the police state against Nazi opposition, there were still jokes being made against the Fuhrer, which were frequent, but also very dangerous to tell in public
Other opposition was created by underground communist groups. By 11941, there were about 100 undergoround cells organized by communist parties. These slowed down the job of the Gestapo as they had a job to fins these
Another form of opposition came from the catholic church, because some priests argued against the persecution of Jews. But, the Nazis couldn't do anything about this due to the Hitler's agreement with the church, the concordat
The Kreisau circle was also opposition to the Nazis. this was made up of powerful Nazi leaders and members in the government, which would meet up and discuss tactics in which the Nazis would fall. This also disrupted the jobs of the Gestapo, as they had to find this group and arrest the leaders
The Swing youth
the swing youth were young middle-class Germans that enjoyed American swing music
This opposed Nazi ideologies as Hitler though Jazz was black music
When groups in major cities were disbanded, hitler had members arrested and sent to concentration camps
Edelweiss pirates
The Edelweiss pirate movement started in 1937
The Edelweiss pirates were set up in order to destroy the Hitler youth, by beating up the leaders in the Hitler youth from signing up kids for military and abour conscription
They also created anti-nazi mottos and painted anti-nazi grafitti
They provided hidden shelter for army deserters and escaped prisoners from concentration camps
They stole food and supplies from stores
They stole ammunition and explosives from freight trains and provided revolters with them
The White rose group
This was the group founded by Hans and Sophie scholl, also known as the Scholl
They were members at Munich University that made anti Nazi leaflets
They criticised the treatment of the Jews and Slavs