What was the name of the opposition party to Hitler?

[ciaobox]

I can't remember. I am sure most here cannot. Point is - not to be harsh - but the Democratic party will be remembered the same way as that party in Germany if WE can't foil stolen elections.

[eleonora]

1. La Resistance

It wasn't a 'party' but an organized underground organization of rebels.

[Blaq Dem]

2. the only way we get checks and balance in america...

we need to take it to the world! it's called ECONOMIC WARFARE. As long as we're feeding the "machine" with our hard earned dollars, they're always going to treat us like crap! We need to hit them where it hurts instead of fueling them with more money.

[autorank]

3. The real anser is: The Communist Party

[Fenris]

10. No. The German left was fractured before Hitler became Chancellor.

The Communist Party (assuming you mean the German wing of the international Communist Party) provided little if any resistance to the Nazis once they consolidated.

[bluedonkey]

20. I take offens to that statement

The communist and the socialists were fighting the Nazis to the bitter end.Just because it didn't make the front page doesn't mean there was no fight.
My great uncle,my mother and father and many,many others were fighting the Nazis every day.Plastering leaflets all over the cities,helping people escape,etc.You have no idea what you're talking about.I grew up with those people,I know what they went through,I know how they died.
When thye finally captured my great uncle,they tatooed a SS# on his arm and send him to the russian front.My mother and father moved to Prague and continued the fight with the resistance there.
Don't tell the people here there was no resistance!It is simply not true!

[Blaq Dem]

12. Communism no difference than Crony Capitalism...

Both controlled by a selected few elite. Both would keep you working for a long time at a dead-end job. Both is about control of the masses.

We need to come up our own system.

[JohnKleeb]

4. I believe there were many but the main opposition I believe was

social democrats.

[Mike Niendorff]

5. Die Toten ...

... und die Vergessenen.


MDN

[LibertyorDeath]

6. Exactly

A fair Election in 2006 & 2008 will not happen.
Rove will see to it they have us gamed.
We have to find the crack in their Armour & exploit their weaknesses.

[ciaobox]

7. Dirty tricks people.

I know I am a broken record. But we need an army of prostitutes with video cameras. We need drug stings. We need dirt. and we fucking need it now.

[Fenris]

8. None - "Gleichschaltung"

Shortly after the election of March 5, 1933, in which the Nazis won 43.9% of the vote, Hitler presented the Reichstag with the Enabling Act, which, if approved by a two-thirds majority would allow him to govern for 4 years sans parliament. The proposal passed on the 23 of March with help from the Center party. All communists and some Social Democrats were forbidden to vote. Hitler used the Enabling Act to begin the gleichschaltung (synchronization), the process of establishing one-party rule in Germany. Left-wing political parties were banned first. In July of 1933, the Reich was declared a one-party state. That was the end of opposition to Hitler.

Frankly, I think it's a bad analogy.

[ciaobox]

9. Maybe in the way Hitler played it out

it is a bad analogy. But-- no one remembers the Social Democrats or anything they did to stop Hitler. I bet they played by the rules. I bet anything they "took the high road". We still have a chance. If we don't take it, we become the Social Democrats.

[Fenris]

11. Well, *I* remember the Social Democrats

Different time, different place.

[hangloose]

13. Don't know but how let's try Hitler spelled backwards Reltih

[hangloose]

14. Did you know when you type Hitler and Bush together on a Google

search you gets over 322,000 hits?

[FatSlob]

23. So what? It is 274000 if you type in Kerry and Communist.

In other words, it means nothing. both ways, it is just partisans playing games. Let's quit whining and focus on '06!

[Name removed]

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[Dogmudgeon]

16. The Social Democratic Party of Germany

Basically, the Socialists.

They got nearly as many votes as the NSDAP (Nazis) did in the '36 election, but Hitler won. And the rest we know.

--bkl

[Socialist Dem]

17. lots

on the left you had the Communist and Social Democrats
then you had the "center" parties made up of Christian Democrats
and on the right you had the German People's party.

Franz Von Papen maneuvered a coalition of center and right wing parties to put Hitler in a position to force Pres. Hindenburg into making Hitler Chancellor. Von Papen would then be made Vice Chancellor and (what he was hoping) Hitler's "puppet master". He underestimated Hitler though, and was fortunate to survive the "Night of the Long Knives" later.

[anakie]

19. can we be expecting a Night of the Long Knives

within the republican party following the total PNAC takeover of the party

[fujiyama]

18. Right when I saw your post

I knew what you were asking.

You're right it doesn't matter. The near future is fucked. I have nothing else to say.

[Kellanved]

21. The SPD, the Social Democrats

Which is Schröders Party today. They were the only party to vote against the enabling act and unlike the communists didn't pursue a "nach Hitler wir" (After Hitler it's our turn) strategy.

Strictly speaking it wasn't real the opposition party; Hitler's NSDAP wasn't an established party, the traditional counterpoints were the SPD and the Christian Zentrum Party. So, when the NSDAP became big all of a sudden, the democratic and communist parties were caught off-balance.

But, as the Zentrum allied itself with Hitler and the SPD didn't realize (individuals did, but not the party as a whole) the true danger until far too late. The communist party was banned, it's MPs removed from the Reichstag. The point of no return, the last possible moment to unite the left against Hitler had been missed. Without the communists, Hitler had the majority in parliament to push trough the enabling act; ending any political opposition.

The MPs killed in concentration camps and other Nazi prisons:

JULIUS ADLER * 1894 † 1945 KZ BERGEN-BELSEN KPD
JOHANN ADLHOCH * 1884 † 1945 MÜNCHEN, ZUVOR TODESMARSCH BVP EDUARD ALEXANDER * 1881 † 1945 TRANSPORT KZ BERGEN-BELSEN KPD
JULIUS ASSMANN * 1868 † 1939 BODINO/
POLEN ERMORDET DVP
ELISE AUGUSTAT * 1889 † 1940 LÄGERDORF HAFTFOLGEN KZ RAVENSBRÜCK KPD
BERNHARD BÄSTLEIN * 1894 † 1944 ZUCHTHAUS BRANDENBURG-GOERDEN KPD
ARTUR BECKER * 1905 † 1938 BURGOS/
SPANIEN, ERMORDET KPD
ANTON BIAS * 1876 † 1945 KZ DACHAU SPD
ADOLF BIEDERMANN * 1881 † 1933 NÄHE RECKLINGHAUSEN TOT AUFGEFUNDEN SPD
KONRAD BLENKLE * 1901 † 1943 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN-PLÖTZENSEE KPD
FRITZ BOCKIUS * 1882 † 1945 KZ MAUTHAUSEN ZENTRUM
CLARA BOHM-SCHUCH * 1897 † 1936 BERLIN, SPÄTFOLGEN FRAUENGEFÄNGNIS BERLIN-BARNIMSTRASSE SPD
EUGEN BOLZ * 1881 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS PLÖTZENSEE ZENTRUM
RUDOLF BREITSCHEID * 1874 † 1944 KZ BUCHENWALD SPD
LORENZ BREUNIG * 1882 † 1945 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN SPD
CONRAD BROSSWITZ * 1881 † 1945 KZ DACHAU SPD
OTTO EGGERSTEDT * 1886 † 1933 KZ ESTERWEGEN SPD
EUGEN EPPSTEIN * 1878 † 1943 KZ LUBLIN-MAJDANEK KPD
HELENE FLEISCHER * 1899 † 1941 STADTRODA ZUVOR STADTGEFÄNGNIS GERA KPD
ALBERT FUNK * 1894 † 1933 POLIZEIPRÄSIDIUM RECKLINGHAUSEN KPD
OTTO GEISELHART * 1890 † 1933 AMTSGERICHTSGEFÄNGNIS GÜNZBURG SPD
OTTO GERIG * 1885 † 1944 KZ BUCHENWALD ZENTRUM
PAUL GERLACH * 1888 † 1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN SPD
ERNST GRUBE * 1890 † 1945 KZ BERGEN-BELSEN KPD
FRANZ HAINDL * 1879 † 1941 LANDESANSTALT SONNENSTEIN-PIRNA DBP
EDARD HAMM * 1879 † 1944 GEFÄNGNIS BERLIN-LEHRTERSTRASSE DDP
ERNST HEILMANN * 1881 † 1940 KZ BUCHENWALD SPD
RUDOLF HENNIG * 1895 † 1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
FRANZ HERBERT * 1885 † 1945 KZ MAUTHAUSEN BVP
EUGEN HERBST * 1903 † 1934 KZ DACHAU KPD
CHRISTIAN HEUCK * 1892 † 1934 STRAFGEFÄNGNIS NEUMÜNSTER KPD
GUIDO HEYM * 1882 † 1945 WEIMAR. VON DER SS ERSCHOSSEN KPD
RUDOLF HILFERDING * 1877 † 1941 GEFÄNGNIS PARIS LA-SANTE SPD
GUSTAV HOCH * 1862 † 1942 KZ THERESIENSTADT SPD
LAMBERT HORN * 1899 † 1939 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
FRIEDRICH HUSEMANN * 1873 † 1935 SÖGEL. HAFTFOLGEN KZ ESTERWEGEN SPD
ALBERT JANKA * 1907 † 1933 KZ REICHENBACH KPD
HEINRICH JASPER * 1875 † 1945 BERGEN-BELSEN SPD
FRIEDRICH JENDROSCH * 1890 † 1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
REINHOLD JÜRGENSEN * 1898 † 1934 KZ FUHLSBÜTTEL KPD
EUGEN KAISER * 1879 † 1945 KZ DACHAU SPD
ALBERT KAYSER * 1898 † 1944 KZ BUCHENWALD KPD
FRANZISKA KESSEL * 1906 † 1934 ZUCHTHAUS MAINZ KPD
ANTON KRZIKALLA * 1887 †1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
FRANZ KÜNSTLER * 1888 † 1942 BERLIN, SPÄTFOLGEN KZ LICHTENBURG SPD
MAX LADEMANN * 1896 † 1941 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
JULIUS LEBER * 1891 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN PLÖTZENSEE SPD
PAUL LEJEUNE-JUNG * 1882 † 1944 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN-PLÖTZENSEE CHR.N.A:
RICHARD UPINSKI * 1867 † 1936 BENNEWITZ, ZUVOR IN HAFT MIßHANDELT SPD
KARL MACHE * 1882 † 1934 KZ KISLAU SPD
MAX MADDALENA * 1895 † 1943 ZUCHTHAUS BRANDENBURG-GÖRDEN KPD
LUDWIG MARUM * 1882 † 1934 KZ KISLAU SPD
STEFAN MEIER * 1889 † 1944 KZ MAUTHAUSEN SPD
AUGUST MERGES *1870 † 1945 BRAUNSCHWEIG, ZULETZT ZUCHTHAUS WOLFENBÜTTEL SPD
FRANZ METZ * 1878 † 1945 GERETSRIED HAFTFOLGEN KZ DACHAU SPD
JULIUS MOSES * 1886 † KZ THERESIENSTADT SPD
ARTHUR NAGEL * 1890 † 1945 KZ BERGEN-BELSEN KPD
THEODOR NEUBAUER *1890 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS BRANDENBURG-GÖRDEN KPD
FRANZ PETRICH * 1889 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS SONNENBURG SPD
ANDREAS PORTUNE * 1875 † 1945 ROSSLAU HAFTFOLGEN STRAFGEFANGENENLAGER GRIEBD SPD
FRIEDRICH PUCHTA * 1883 † 1945 MÜNCHEN, HAFTFOLGEN KZ DACHAU SPD
ERNST PUTZ * 1896 † 1933 UNTERSUCHUNGSGEFÄNGNIS BERLIN-MOABIT KPD
SIEGFRIED RÄDEL * 1893 † 1943 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN-PLÖTZENSEE KPD
PAUL REDLICH * 1893 † 1944 BRANDENBURG HAFTFOLGEN KZ SONNENBURG KPD
WALTER REEK * 1878 † 1933 GEFÄNGNIS DANZIG SPD
ERNST REINKE * 1891 † 1943 KZ FLOSSENBÜRG KPD
MAX RICHTER * 1881 † 1945 NEUSTÄDTER BUCHT, TRANSPORT KZ NEUENGAMME SPD
THEODOR ROEINGH * 1882 † 1945 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN ZENTRUM
JULIUS ROSEMANN * 1878 † 1933 POLIZEIGEFÄNGNIS HAMM SPD
KARL SATTLER * 1896 † BERGEN-BELSEN KPD
JOHN SCHEHR * 1896 † 1934 KZ BERLIN-COLUMBIAHAUS KPD
MICHAEL SCHNABRICH * 1880 † 1939 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN SPD
ERNST SCHNELLER * 1890 † 1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
ENST SCHNEPPENHORST * 1881 † 1945 GEFÄNGNIS BERLIN- LEHRTERSTRASSE SPD
WERNER SCHOLEM * 1895 † 1940 KZ BUCHENWALD KPD
GEORG SCHUMANN * 1886 † 1945 UNTERSUCHUNGSGEFÄNGNIS DRESDEN KPD
WALTER SCHÜTZ * 1897 † 1933 KÖNIGSBERG/PR VON SA ERMORDET KPD
HUGO SINZHEIMER * 1875 † 1945 BLOMENDAAL-OVEREEN, HAFTFOLGEN KZ THERESIENSTADT SPD
WILLI SKAMIRA * 1897 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS BRANDENBURG-GOERDEN KPD
FRITZ SOLDMANN * 1878 † 1945 WERNIGERODE/HARZ HAFTFOLGEN KZ BUCHENWALD SPD
ROBERT STAMM * 1900 † 1937 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN-PLÖTZENSEE KPD
JOHANNES STELLING * 1877 † 1933 AMTSGERICHTSGEFÄNGNIS BERLIN-KÖPENICKS SPD
FRANZ STENZER * 1900 † 1933 KZ DACHAU KPD
WALTER STÖCKER * 1891 † 1939 KZ BUCHENWALD USPD, KPD
GEORG STREITER * 1884 † 1945 KZ RAVENSBRÜCK DVP
AUGUST STEUFERT * 1887 † 1944 KZ NEUENGAMME SPD
HERMANN TEMPEL * 1889 † 1944 OLDENBURG, HAFTFOLGEN STRAFGEFÄNGNIS WOLFENBÜTTEL SPD
JOHANNA TESCH * 1875 † 1945 KZ RAVENSBRÜCK SPD
ERNST THÄLMANN * 1886 † 1944 KZ BUCHENWALD KPD
MATHIAS THESEN * 1891 † 1944 KZ SACHSENHAUSEN KPD
NIKOLAUS THIELEN * 1901 † 1944 KZ MAUTHAUSEN KPD
FRIEDRICH VOIGT * 1882 † 1945 ZUCHTHAUS BERLIN-PLÖTZENSEE SPD
PAUL VOIGT * 1876 † 1944 BERLIN, ERMORDET SPD
PAUL WEGMANN * 1889 † 1945 KZ BERGEN-BELSEN USPD
GEORG WENDT * 1889 † 1948 BERLIN, ZUVOR ZUCHTHAUS BRANDENBURG SPD
LOTTE ZINKE * 1891 † 1944 KZ RAVENSBRÜCK KPD

[no_hypocrisy]

22. Initially it was the Communist Party and the Social Democrats.

Later, it was the White Rose Society, who wielded no political power but influenced civilian resistance.

[Thoth]

24. The White Rose society

was a group of students and professors who organized leafletting and public displays of dissent against Hitler's 3rd Reich. 'The White Rose lives'is perhaps a good motto for the coming resistance to this 4th Reich. Unfortunatley the original White Rose members were all executed when caught. How long before that happens here? There's a good German movie (with subtitles) about them.