Even if the majority of ordinary Germans had disapproved of Kristallnacht there was little they could have done to prevent it

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Even if the majority of ordinary Germans had
disapproved of Kristallnacht there was little
they could have done to prevent it

• Agree
• Hard to tell how many people disapproved as the
  Nazis had systematically put down the opposing
  voice
• Police State was so successful, people passively
  went along to prevent being in trouble
• Hateful propaganda, censorship and Terror were
  key components of an oppressed people that had
  little chance of standing up to the SA element of
  the Nazis

• Disagree
• Although opposition did exist it was not unified,
  its leaders were locked up and propaganda had
  made them into enemies
• Youth groups opposed the regime more in war time
  and people did not really react before
• The Church tried to speak out against the Jewish
  question and euthanasia but its leaders were
  heavily censured
• Third Reich held authority, army support and
  controlled the press only in occupied
  territories was opposition more likely.

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