Essay Plan - What was the main opposition to the Nazi regime, and why didn't Nazism face more opposition ?
Lloyd Mckinney
Essay Plan
What was the main opposition to the Nazi regime, and why didn’t Nazism face more opposition ?
Introduction - An introduction to an answer for this type of question should consist of some background information, mainly about the strength and the fear factor of the Nazi’s. Including details of how the German people were the main opposition to the Nazi regime and not any specific group. Moving on to say how there were many reasons why the Nazi’s didn’t face more opposition but not stating them yet.
This section of the essay would start to delve into what was the main opposition to the Nazi regime. The people. This would be a relatively large paragraph consisting of all the information about the peoples resistance to the Nazi’s. The different types of resistance, for example passive resistance ( Joachim Gottschalk ), or active resistance ( Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ). This section would include quotes and examples of many different Nazi resisters, and details of their punishment for use later in the essay when talking about why the Nazi’s didn’t face more opposition. Focusing on different groups of people in this section would be useful, for example stating how people from all walks of German life were opposing the Nazi regime and how it wasn’t just one group. Towards the end of this section I would include details of how I believe that the main opposition to the Nazi regime seemed to be individuals or small groups working together. Because Hitler could have easily uncovered a large scale operation the groups of resisters were usually relatively small. Including information about small groups and why they were more successful than large scale blunt revolutionaries. For example Sophie Scholl.