Nazi opposition + dissent - Youth

What form did Youth opposition take?

Protest + active refusal

Examples of Nazi Youth opposition

•Swing Youth

→ m/c, went to clubs to listen to jazz + swing, dressed in western clothes. Nazis mostly left them alone

•Edelweiss pirates

→ mainly w/c + executed if caught

→ wore own uniform, did activities, painted anti-Nazi slogans + posted anti-Nazi pamphlets thru doors

•White Rose group

→ uni ot Munich

→ distributed anti-Nazi material urging sabotage, exposed murder of jews + urged non-violent resistance

What is

•Swing Youth

→ m/c, went to clubs to listen to jazz + swing, dressed in western clothes. Nazis mostly left them alone

•Edelweiss pirates

→ mainly w/c + executed if caught

→ wore own uniform, did activities, painted anti-Nazi slogans + posted anti-Nazi pamphlets thru doors

•White Rose group

→ uni ot Munich

→ distributed anti-Nazi material urging sabotage, exposed murder of jews + urged non-violent resistance

Examples of Nazi Youth opposition

3 anti Nazi youth groups

Swing Youth

Edelweiss pirates

White Rose group

What did the Swing Youth do?

Mainly m/c

Went to clubs to listen to swing + jazz music

Dressed in Western clothes

What is

Mainly m/c

Went to clubs to listen to swing + jazz music

Dressed in Western clothes

Swing Youth

Nazi reaction to Swing Youth + why

Mostly left alone coz:

-not actively anti nazi, jus not conforming

-m/c

What did the Edelweiss pirates do?

Mainly w/c + executed if caught

Had own uniform, did activities, painted anti-nazi slogans + put anti-nazi pamphlets thru ppls doors

What is

Mainly w/c + executed if caught

Had own uniform, did activities, painted anti-nazi slogans + put anti-nazi pamphlets thru ppls doors

Edelweiss pirates

What did the White Rose group do?

Uni of Munich

Distributed anti-nazi material urging resistance

Exposed murder of Jews + urged non-violent resistance

What is

Uni of Munich

Distributed anti-nazi material urging resistance

Exposed murder of Jews + urged non-violent resistance

White Rose group

Motivation for Nazi Youth opposition

Moral + Social

Nazi reaction to Edelweiss pirates

Executed if caught coz actively anti-nazi

Level of challenge Youth opposition brought to Nazi regime

Non-existent

Unlikely to be able to make a lasting impact + low numbers

Outcome of Nazi Youth opposition

All arrested, executed or sent to concentration camps

Comparison of Nazi Youth opposition to Weimar

None