How many Nazis were against the Jews?

Answer 1

very little because there was terror and because nazi successes, economic fears and the grates effects of Propaganda

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*** Although little there was some. Although the Nazi's did terrorise people with the 'Gustapo' (Secret Police) and almost brainwash them with Nazi ideas there were alot of people who hated the Nazis but because of fear kept it to themselves incase they were taken away. There were such teenage groups such as 'The Edelweiss Pirates' and 'The Swing Movement' who went against Nazi rules.

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Answer 2

Millions of Nazis and even non-Nazi Germans had long held biases and prejudices against the Jews for hundreds of irrational reasons. Thousands were not Nazi Germans and did not hold hatred in their minds and hearts against the Jews. Some tried to help the Jews escaped. There is no exact figure as to how many million Nazis disliked the Jewish people and did harm to them.

Answer 3

Great question although one that is tough to answer. The forms of resistance within and outside of Germany varied, be it support until a certain point, minimal resistance, etc.

Outside of Germany is debatable, as the party rose their were definitely those who did not trust Hitler or his intentions, others supported him and the party because they believed him when he told the world he simply wanted to rebuild Germany, reunite Germans, etc. One can say that those who declared war on Nazi Germany in a way opposed the regime but that is debatable.

There were various partisan groups within Germany who opposed what the Nazi's had done. Some were within the Wehrmacht (Germany Army) and a few were also withing the S.S. (Nazi Army). The most famous of these groups was probably the ones behind Operation Valkyrie, it was basically a attempt by military leaders to kill Adolf Hitler and other Nazi officials because they deemed he was steering the country in the wrong direction. The Allies had often sent messages into Germany telling people that those who supported Partisan movements would be rewarded once the Allies won the war. There was no guarantee that the Allies would have won in some cases of course but the hope was that Germans would hear the messages and overthrow Hitler, make things easier for the Allies, etc.

Before the Nazi's achieved total power they were facing some internal and external resistance from members, politicians, etc. This is when Night of the Long Knives came into play where the Nazi's basically killed, tortured, or exiled, those who spoke bad of them or those who could have been in a position to oppose them in a few years.

There were others within Germany who did not want the party but simply could not do anything about it. Other figures such as Emperor Wilhelm II supported the Nazi's until Night of Broken Glass at which point he largely cut them off, even going as far as claiming he did not want a Nazi funeral on his death bed although the Nazi's gave him one anyway. Politicians such as Paul von Hindenburg supported the Nazi's because of their promises to rebuild Germany but put various "checks" in place to help those victimized by the party. During Broken Glass for instance, von Hindenburg was able to pass a law that protected Jews that served in World War I or had relatives that did. (the German Army during the First World War was comprised largely of Jews so this bill was far reaching) After von Hindenburg died however the Nazi's almost immediately got rid of this law.

You should also keep in mind that not everyone supported the Nazi Party in Germany, infact very few did. People may have agreed with certain things the Nazi's had said but not enough to join the party.

Religious groups had also opposed the Nazi's, the Vatican under Pope Pius XII for instance would allow Jews to seek refuge within the Vatican when the Nazi's had invaded. Pope Pius XII tried to remain neutral but at times had spoken out against Hitler for his racial policies. At one point Hitler wanted to invade Vatican City to stop the Pope from saying such things but was advised against it by his generals (some of whom were religious). The Pope had also sent out a message to the various churches of the world and their followers to help those victimized by the Nazi's in any way they could. Some families, orphanages, etc would accept Jewish children and attempted to pass them off as their own. Keep in mind however that despite all of this their is much controversy over Pope Pius XII and the Vatican as to how much more they could have done.

There was also a groups such as the Leipzig Muetn, Edelweiss Pirates, etc within Germany who were made up of people under the age of 18. The "pirates" would harass members of the Hitler Youth, they also represented everything the Hitler Youth didn't. At first if the Gestapo had found members of these groups they would simply shave their heads as a sign of shame or in some cases even send them to concentration camps. In late 1944 Himmler had ordered a crackdown on these groups so some members were even publicly hung.

Before the war had started Hitler enacted a policy that was meant to discipline the army as he believe discipline was what allowed France, England, etc to win the first war. These policies would have harsh actions on those soldiers who were found killing civilians, stealing, raping, etc. Shortly after the war in Russia started however the Nazi's relaxed these rules and basically put new ones in place that would allow soldiers to get away with such things if they were committed against Russians. Many within the Wehrmacht were furious about this and those who spoke against the Nazi's for this policy were either killed, sent to a concentration camp, or in the cases of the generals, officials, etc replaced and sent to a different theater of war.

Answer 4

There was before they gained power but after that not really. The Communists where the main opposition and Hitler either killed, arrested or swayed all of them.