Opposition and Resistance to the Nazis

Lesson Starter: Read these pages then using your textbooks to help you complete and print the exercise linked HERE

Possible examination questions on this topic include:
1. Who were the main opposition groups?
2. Why was there so little resistance/opposition to the Nazis?
3. Why did opposition increase as the war progressed?
You may also be asked about resistance in a general question on another topic e.g. In the middle of a question on youth or women you may be asked "did all youths/women support the Nazis?"

Complete the following revision tasks to prepare yourself for the exam

Using the Link buttons
1. Take detailed notes on the following opposition groups
Political - communists/SD's
Student - The White Rose Movement
Church opposition
Youth Opposition
Jewish Opposition
Military Resistance

2. Consider why there was so little opposition to the Nazis - prepare revision cards which emphasise the role of terror/fear and how opposition was treated, the "silent majority" and the relative prosperity the Nazis brought
3.Complete the interactive revision materials linked from this page

Student Opposition to the Nazis

extensive notes on Church opposition

Opposition from the Left

How the Jews resisted the Nazis

How the Jews resisted the Nazis

How Non Jews resisted the Nazis

All you need to know about the Stauffenberg bomb plot

All you need to know about the Red Orchestra

Interactive Revision Materials

Youth opposition to the Nazis

This question gives you a model answer for why opposition increased as the war progressed!!

Why was there so little opposition to the Nazis?

Related interactive revision materials from project GCSE

Rather difficult test of what you know written by my students!

External revision Quiz