German resistance to Nazism

E284166

opposition to Nazism political resistance movement

German resistance to Nazism comprised the diverse and often clandestine efforts by individuals and groups within Germany who opposed, undermined, or sought to overthrow Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime before and during World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
German Resistance to Nazism	5
German resistance to Nazism canonical	3
Communist resistance in Nazi Germany	1
German resistance	1
Kreisau Circle resistance	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opposition to Nazism ⓘ political resistance movement ⓘ
aimedAt	overthrow of Adolf Hitler ⓘ protection of persecuted groups ⓘ undermining Nazi war effort ⓘ
characterizedBy	clandestine activity ⓘ diverse ideological backgrounds ⓘ high personal risk ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Stolpersteine for resisters ⓘ memorials in Germany ⓘ
commemoratedOn	German Resistance Memorial Day (July 20) ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
documentedIn	postwar German historiography ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
faced	Gestapo repression ⓘ execution ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ torture ⓘ
hasPart	Catholic resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ Catholic youth groups opposed to Nazism ⓘ German resistance to Nazism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Communist resistance in Nazi Germany Confessing Church ⓘ Edelweiss Pirates ⓘ Jewish resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ 20 July plot ⓘ surface form: July 20 plot historical Kreisau Circle ⓘ surface form: Kreisau Circle Red Orchestra ⓘ Social Democratic resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ Weiße Rose ⓘ surface form: White Rose aid to persecuted Jews ⓘ clandestine press and leaflets ⓘ conservative resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ intelligence leaks to Allied powers ⓘ military resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ monarchist resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ trade union resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ workers’ sabotage and slowdowns ⓘ youth resistance in Nazi Germany ⓘ
notableMember	Alexander Schmorell ⓘ Carl Goerdeler ⓘ Claus von Stauffenberg ⓘ Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ Hans Scholl ⓘ Helmuth James von Moltke ⓘ Henning von Tresckow ⓘ Ludwig Beck ⓘ Sophie Scholl ⓘ Ulrich von Hassell ⓘ Willi Graf ⓘ
opposed	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Nazi regime ⓘ aggressive war policies ⓘ antisemitic policies ⓘ totalitarian dictatorship ⓘ
partOf	World War II home front ⓘ surface form: World War II home front in Germany
startTime	1933 ⓘ

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Input

Subject: German resistance to Nazism
Description of subject: German resistance to Nazism comprised the diverse and often clandestine efforts by individuals and groups within Germany who opposed, undermined, or sought to overthrow Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime before and during World War II.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erich Honecker → participantIn → German resistance to Nazism ⓘ

President of the People's Court → opposedBy → German resistance to Nazism ⓘ

this entity surface form: German resistance

Georg Elser → movement → German resistance to Nazism ⓘ

Clemens August → partOf → German resistance to Nazism ⓘ

subject surface form: Clemens August Graf von Galen