Using the sources and your own knowledge, analyse the nature and extent of opposition to the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1939.
The Nazi regime was just that, a regime, it was dictated to the people through various means and consequently opposition followed. It was upon this opposition that the success of the party would be determined. However, to determine the opposition themselves could promote a weak or scarce opposition which in turn would benefit them ten fold.
The Churches were the only organizations allowed to retain organisational autonomy in Nazi Germany, so it could be said the nature of the Church was not to promote anti-Nazi ideas but instead to allow people the opportunity to practice their religion.
The first antagonisms came when the Nazi regime wanted a centralized and unified Protestant Church. They would use their involvement to influence and infiltrate Nazi ideas within the Church. The extent of opposition by the Church was consequently sparked; it came from a dissident group dubbed the 'Confessional Church'. This form of opposition was not as conspiratorial as others; members were legitimate and stood for what they believed. The crack down was quite straight forward for the Nazis, which demonstrated the openness of this type of resistance; the majority of members were in concentration camps by 1937.
The Nazi regime was just that, a regime, it was dictated to the people through various means and consequently opposition followed. It was upon this opposition that the success of the party would be determined. However, to determine the opposition themselves could promote a weak or scarce opposition which in turn would benefit them ten fold.
The Churches were the only organizations allowed to retain organisational autonomy in Nazi Germany, so it could be said the nature of the Church was not to promote anti-Nazi ideas but instead to allow people the opportunity to practice their religion.
The first antagonisms came when the Nazi regime wanted a centralized and unified Protestant Church. They would use their involvement to influence and infiltrate Nazi ideas within the Church. The extent of opposition by the Church was consequently sparked; it came from a dissident group dubbed the 'Confessional Church'. This form of opposition was not as conspiratorial as others; members were legitimate and stood for what they believed. The crack down was quite straight forward for the Nazis, which demonstrated the openness of this type of resistance; the majority of members were in concentration camps by 1937.