Opposition to the Nazi Regime in WW2
Mind Map looking at the different groups of Opposition in Germany during WW2
- Created by: JMitch
- Created on: 30-05-13 13:47
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- Opposition to the Nazi Regime 1939-45
- Army
- Military generally supportive especially at the beginning of the war when victories made Hitler look like a military genius
- Reluctant to oppose Hitler because of their oath to him
- Assassination attempt failed in when a bomb was placed on an aircraft
- By 1943 war had changed military opinion of Hitler - Loss of Stalingrad and horrors of the east persuaded some to oppose Hitler
- July 1944 Bomb Plot
- Stauffenberg was a leading conspirator and had a timed bomb device plot to Kill Hitler
- Planned to place Beck as President and Goerdler as Chancellor andseek peace with the Allies
- D-Day put urgency into the plans - wanted to show Allies not all Germans had been tainted by Nazism
- Bomb exploded but was too far from Hitler who was protected by a large oak table
- Goebbels announced Hitler's survival paralysing the plot
- Hundereds executed for being related to the plot
- Army was emasculated as a result and the Hitler salute became compulsary
- Himmler became commander in chief of the army
- Goebbels announced Hitler's survival paralysing the plot
- Stauffenberg was a leading conspirator and had a timed bomb device plot to Kill Hitler
- Conservatives
- Goerdler Circle
- Goerdler, Beck et al. opposed antisemitism and wanted diplomatic links with the Allies
- Morality based opposition
- Wanted an aristocratic Germany after the War because people couldn't be trusted as they voted the Nazi's
- Involved in the Bomb Plot - Goerdler was executed as a result
- Kriesau Circle
- Included Moltke, intellects and traditionalists
- Moltke wanted a European Union after the War to keep peace
- Believed in restoration of rights and democracy
- Kriesau discovered and leaders executed
- Goerdler Circle
- Youth
- Edelweiss group an alternative to Hitler Youth and beat up members of the Youth
- White Rose Group - led by Hans + Sophie Scholl
- Student movement in Munich - led anti Nazi Protests in 1942 - Executed in February '43
- Youth Disaffected with absence or loss of Fathers - caused drinking/ smoking/ promiscuity
- Church
- Crucifix Crisis in Bavaria
- Gaulieter of Bavaria banned Crucifixes in School - This faced serious petition from parents
- This was more a defense of the Church's independence rather than against the regime
- Gaulieter of Bavaria banned Crucifixes in School - This faced serious petition from parents
- Bishop Van Galen
- Supported destruction of Bolshevism but spoke out against T4 program and closure of monasteries
- Hitler called the T4 Program off
- Opposition based partly on morality but mainly to retain culture - not against Nazism
- Supported destruction of Bolshevism but spoke out against T4 program and closure of monasteries
- Crucifix Crisis in Bavaria
- Left Wing
- SPD and KPD forced underground and only produced leaflets calling for action rather than causing opposition
- Bavaria had 89 factory cells of resistance in 1941 alone
- Gestapo infiltrated most left wing opposition
- Problem of the left had been dealt with mainly before the war
- Army
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