Resistance to National Socialism quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   At which Hitler headquarters did the 20 July 1944 bomb explode?

   Answer: Wolf's Lair

   Why: The headquarters stood in the East Prussian woods near Rastenburg, the town now called Kętrzyn in Poland.

2. 2 Medium

   Which Berlin street saw women protest for their Jewish husbands in 1943?

   Answer: Rosenstrasse

   Why: Historians still debate whether the protest freed the roughly 1,800 men or whether the Gestapo never meant to deport them.

3. 3 Hard

   Which letter does the 5 stand for in Austria's resistance sign O5?

   Answer: E

   Why: The sign can still be seen beside the giant main gate of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

4. 4 Easy

   Which Lutheran pastor joined the conspiracy against Hitler?

   Answer: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

   Why: He was executed at Flossenbürg camp on 9 April 1945, two weeks before US troops liberated it.

5. 5 Medium

   What did Otto and Elise Hampel leave around Berlin to protest?

   Answer: Postcards

   Why: Their Gestapo file later inspired Hans Fallada's 1947 novel Every Man Dies Alone.

6. 6 Hard

   At what age did Helmuth Hübener get a death sentence for leaflets?

   Answer: 17

   Why: He wrote his leaflets from BBC news he heard on his half-brother's shortwave radio in Hamburg.