... the nation. Any assessment of the nature of opposition will therefore be hugely subjective. Nazi ideological undermines and contradicts the basic moral premises of many groups within German society. It is therefore perhaps surprising that a mass social movement didn't exist during the third Reich. We cannot explain this fact by examining the faults of the opposition alone we must also strength of the regime. The state had many factors working in its favor to suppress such groups from emerging. The tremendous speed with which Hitler was able to transform the Weimar democracy into a fascist dictatorship was hugely beneficial to him and the party. Opposition was made illegal before it had even conceived of itself. It is difficult to organize and mobilize opposition groups quickly at the best of times. Once doing this was made illegal it is even harder given the repercussions of such attempts, imprisonment or death. Hitler ...

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