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Flashcards by Stephanie Lowe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Stephanie Lowe
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Which two Political Parties Opposed Hitler? | Social Democrats Communists |
| How did Hitler deal with the Communists? | Blamed them for the Reichstag Fire and used the Emergency Decree to wipe them out |
| How did Hitler avoid Opposition from the Catholic Church? | Signed a Concordat |
| Why id Hitler sign the Concordat? | because there were 22 million Catholics living in Germnay |
| How did he control the Protestants? | Set up a new Reich Church |
| What did Pastors of the Reich Church have to do? | Swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler |
| What did the Concordat promise? | That Hitler would not interfere with the Church if the Church did not oppose him |
| Who was Martin Niemoller? | A Protestant Pastor who opposed Hitler |
| What did Niemoller do? | Set up an Anti-Nazi Church |
| What was the name of the religious group that opposed Hitler and refused to salute him or join up for military service? | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Name 2 Youth Opposition groups | Edelweiss Pirates Swing Youth |
| What did the Edelweiss Pirates do? | - Beat up members of the Hitler Youth - Killed the Head of the Gestapo in Cologne - Were an opposition youth group |
| What did the Swing Youth do? | - Listened to American Jazz music - Grew long hair and wore baggy trousers |
| Summary of Opposition to Hitler 1933-39 | Came from lots of different areas of society but was not effective and easily dealt with |
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