Was there ever a 'German underground' to fight against the Nazis?

Question

I have a hard time believing that all Germans in the 1930s worshipped Hitler and supporters the views of the Nazis.
Was there any kind of coordianted 'underground' movement in Germany before- and during WW2 to fight against the Nazis and take out Hitler?

Answer 1

most definitely! Granted many of these small groups were quickly found out by the Nazis and eliminated, but there certainly was an anti-Nazi presence in Germany. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was probably one of the most well known voices against Hitler. below is some very basic information on him and his efforts to get Hitler out of power (namely an assassination attempt) and his resistance to the party's policies (helping Jews escape), which led to his execution.

Answer 2

Yes there was. Not only did the Germans have and underground movement to overthrow the Nazis but so did almost every country they took over. These people were usually farmers and political people. These organizations were very secret however because the Nazi's way of dealing with these people was to kill them. Some of the things these underground organizations did was help protect Jews, Kill SS officers and other Nazis and undermine the Nazis where ever they could without being killed. Some of these people owned land but most lived in the woods. Some countries underground movements were stronger than others though. I believe the countries that had the strongest were Poland, Russia and France but Germany was up there too.

Answer 3

I'm sure there were attempts to stand up to the Nazis. But they were generally ineffective in the face of the power and ruthlessness of the Gestapo.

One other thing to consider however is that the German people were not very well informed generally about what was happening. They did not have a free press, it was tightly controlled by the government and they lied to the Germans, and they were never told of the things their own leaders were up to.

Those that did learn were usually party members and not willing to divulge this information. Or if they tried to go public, they had no ready outlet and were usually caught and executed for it.

Answer 4

Yes. Rommel (The Desert Fox) was one of Hitler's generals and was responsible for an assassination attempt against him. Hitler, was in fact, the object of a number of internal assassination attempts by people who felt he was going too far and would lead Germany to ruin.
There were, as mentioned, people who would hide Jewish families, and others who acted against the general will of the Nazis within Germany.
Also, an insider known by the name of Ultra to the allies provided information throughout the war from within German lines. The identity of this person was never revealed, but the quality and accuracy of information provided to the allies indicate it was someone from within either the German military or government, and that more than one person was involved.

Answer 5

not anybody replaced right into a Nazi inspite of the undeniable fact that in case you destructive the Nazi regime then you definitely could be killed. The nazis have been in basic terms a political occasion or perhaps nevertheless they have been supported by way of many, not anymore. And for the visual attraction factor, not all Germans are like that. Your pal is in all possibility attempting to get you all tousled approximately this.

Answer 6

Very little. Don't forget it was during wartime and the patriotic thing was to follow the Government.
The officers only started plotting when it became clear Germany was losing the war.
"If to resist is to do something, then Stauffenberg was the only resister." - A.J.P.Taylor.
Also true with the White Rose students - though they had the excuse of being young.
There were youth cults like the Swing Youth but these were really dissident lifestyle groups.

Answer 7

.Yes there war and it was fairly active in working against Nazi's Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was head is the Nazi abvwehr spy network worked from inside the system to stymie Hitler. But it was dangerous and many were killed including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and dissenting clergy.

Canaris sent another of his colleagues, Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, on a flight to Sweden to meet secretly with Bishop Bell of Chichester. Bonhoeffer told Bell of the crimes his nation was committing, and assured Bell of growing resistance in Germany to such acts.

Answer 8

Yes- some tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944, I think, and there were small groups. But nazi control was so strong any that did anything were crushed quickly

Answer 9

Private Germans like Scholl brother and sister Hans and Sophie did put up a brave fight but they were summarily tried and executed by a Nazi court.

Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was an important member of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of treason and executed by guillotine.
Since the 1970's she has been celebrated[1] as one of those Germans who actively opposed the Third Reich during the Second World War.
The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Hitler from power and overthrow his regime. Their plans culminated in the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 (the July 20 Plot).
There was no united resistance movement in Germany, although there were small and isolated groups who were
unable to mobilize political opposition to Hitler, and their only real strategy was to persuade leaders of the German Army to stage a coup against the regime: the 1944 assassination plan was intended to trigger such a coup.
Another strand was resistance based on minorities within the Christian churches, both Catholic and Protestant. Their role was mostly symbolic – a small minority of Christian clergy spoke out against the regime, such as the Protestant pastors Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller (the latter after having initially supported Hitler), and the Catholic Bishop Clemens von Galen, and their example inspired some acts of overt resistance, such as that of the White Rose student group in Munich. The Catholic Church as a whole opposed the regime only when its own deepest values were challenged, as in opposition to the Nazi T4 "euthanasia" program. The Protestant churches never directly opposed the regime, although a number of Protestant ministers did so.

A third strand was might be called the "unorganized resistance" - individual Germans or small groups of people acting in defiance of government policies or orders, or in ways seen as subversive of the Nazi system. Most notably, these included a significant number of Germans who helped Jews survive the Nazi Holocaust by hiding them, obtaining papers for them or in others ways aiding them. More than 300 Germans have been recognised for this kind of activity. [1] It also included, particularly in the later years of the regime, informal networks of young Germans who evaded serving in the Hitler Youth and defied the cultural policies of the Nazis in various ways.

Finally there was the resistance network within the German state machinery itself, centered in the Army, the Foreign Office and the military intelligence organisation, the Abwehr. These groups hatched conspiracies against Hitler in 1938 and again in 1939, but for a variety of reasons were unable to take action. After the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, they were able to make contact with a significant number of Army officers who were convinced that Hitler was leading Germany to disaster, although fewer who were willing to engage in overt resistance. Active resisters were drawn largely from the old Prussian aristocracy, since this was the only social class which had not been successfully penetrated by Nazi ideology

Answer 10

There were many. One in particular involved Rommel who was a main general of Hitler's. He was forced to commit suicide as the result of being involved.