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Opposition to Nazi Rule

By: William, Mehul, Charles, Jia Ning. Opposition to Nazi Rule. Nazi Opposition. Attempted Coup d'état. Underground Resistance. Passive Resistance. Private Grumbling. Abwehr (German intelligence). Georg Elser. Christian Church. Absent -eeism. Spreading Rumors. Anti Nazi

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Opposition to Nazi Rule

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  1. By: William, Mehul, Charles, Jia Ning Opposition to Nazi Rule

  2. Nazi Opposition Attempted Coup d'état Underground Resistance Passive Resistance Private Grumbling Abwehr (German intelligence) Georg Elser Christian Church Absent -eeism Spreading Rumors Anti Nazi jokes Didn’t get worse Networks of SPD and KPD Hans Oster Merged Together Pleased with Nazis People were Afraid Didn’t know What was Going on Quibbles were minor Mind Map

  3. How much Opposition was there? • No coups during first 10 years of Nazi rule • Started onwards from 2nd World War • Underground resistance • Open opposition • Passive resistance • Non – cooperation • People would grumble discreetly

  4. Why didn’t private grumbling become an open opposition? • German people were afraid • They didn’t know what was going on • People didn’t ask too many questions • They were ‘pleased’ with the Nazis

  5. German Opposition to the Nazis • People that opposed Hitler’s regime • Made plans to overthrow Hitler – even to the extent of killing him • Normally small and isolated groups • More then 3 million German were in prison for political reasons • Several unequal strands (e.g., SPD, KPD, minorities in Christian churches, unorganized resistance) • Represented different classes of German society • Abwehr • Hatched conspiracies 1938, 1939 but failed

  6. The First Assassination Attempt • Led by Hans Oster in 1938 • Deputy head of the Abwehr • Dedicated opponent of Hitler and Nazism • Served as an officer on the German General Staff during World War I • Executed 9th April 1945

  7. 1939 Assassination Attempt • Led by Georg Elser • He was a carpenter • Loathed Nazism and Hitler • Performed the entire attempt on his own • Built a powerful time bomb • Failed attempt – Hitler left 10 minutes early • Executed 9th April 1945

  8. Sources & Examples of Opposition Source 1  “There was another knock at the door and a stranger entered. He said he had heard about my mother’s achievements. He had assumed that she was a member of the [Nazi] Party and only found out that she was not when he checked his records. No doubt that was just an oversight, he went on, and she would join? She did not want to become a member of the Party. ‘You realize you cannot keep your position as coach to our young girls, unless you are a member of the Party?’ My mother said surely coaching had nothing to do with politics… My mother had to give up her much-loved job.”

  9. Source 2 Hitler made himself Commander-in-Chief of the German armed forces when army leaders argued against his plans. Source 3 In 1936, a Pastor named Heinrich Grueber set up a secret organisation to help Jews. He was arrested in 1940 and sent to a concentration camp.

  10. THE END

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