Opposition to the Nazis: Youth
- Created by: Alice Edwards-King
- Created on: 09-06-15 19:10
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- Opposition to the Nazis: Young People
- The White Rose Group
- Issued leaflets in public places, on doorsteps or in post boxes
- Believed that if they publicised all bad things Nazis were doing, Germans might support them opposing the Nazis
- Leaflets publicised Nazi atrocities
- Group set up by Hans and Sophie Schall and Professor Huber at Munich Uni, 1941
- Scholls were arrested by the Gestapo after being seen handing out leaflets by a Nazi caretaker
- The Edelweiss Pirates
- A national resistance group, named after their emblem the edelweiss flower
- Wore checked shirts and dark trousers
- Went on hikes to beat up Hitler Youth
- Picked up propaganda posters dropped from allied bombers and pushed them through doorways
- Provided shelters
- 1944, killed leader of the Cologne Gestapo
- Caught and hung for their actions
- The Swing Youth
- Group of young people from upper class background
- Resisted the Nazis by copying fashions and culture of America and Britain
- Swing's culture clashed with traditional Germany and directly opposed Nazi agenda
- Himmler said a half measured approach to swing groups was not acceptable
- Members of swing groups, labour and work camps were classed as inappropriate
- Were to be sent to concentration camps for 2-3 years
- Hitler said parents should be investigated and also put in concentration camps
- The White Rose Group
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