Nazi Opposition
- Created by: Ameliamaycock
- Created on: 09-04-16 11:00
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- Opposition
- The White Rose Movement
- Group of German students from the university of Munich and their proffesor
- Non-violent resistance group
- They distributed opposing leaflets and led a graffiti campaign
- The 6 group leaders were arrested, tried and then beheaded in 1943
- The allies were able to obtain a copy of one of the opposing leaflets
- They copied the leaflet and dropped it over Germany out of a bomber plane
- The Edelweiss Pirates
- Led by brother and sister hans and Sophie Scholl
- Consisted of young people aged between 14 and 19
- More violent 'swing' group
- The members opposed the nazi values, drank alcohol and danced to jazz music
- They graffitied anti-nazi slogans, protected deserters and beat up nazi officials
- 12 members were publically hanged in 1944 as a result of murdering the ** chief
- The youths avoided joining the Hitler youth by leaving school
- The White Rose Movement
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