Question

Which of the following is not true about the ordinary people in Nazi Germany?
A) Majority of Germans were passive onlookers
B) They were scared to act, to differ, to protest
C) Majority genuinely believed Nazism would bring prosperity and well being
D) Every German was a Nazi

Answer 1

Hint: Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany was the German state, formally known as the German Reich[g] from 1933 to 1943 and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dominated the country and turned it into a dictatorship. Germany swiftly became a totalitarian state under Hitler's administration, with the government controlling practically every area of life.

Complete answer:
The Nazi Party, also known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party or the German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, was a German political party founded in 1933 by Adolf Hitler (NSDAP), was a political party associated with the National Socialist mass movement, Under Adolf Hitler's leadership.

Out of the given options, the statement ‘Every German was a Nazi’ is incorrect. Nazi sympathisers despised Jews and those who looked like them. They believed that Nazism would provide prosperity and a better quality of life.
Many Germans organised active resistance to Nazism, risking repression and death at the hands of the police. The vast majority of Germans, on the other hand, were oblivious bystanders and apathetic witnesses. They were afraid to speak up, to disagree, to protest. They opted to turn their heads away.

Small, isolated groups constituted the German resistance, which was unable to assemble widespread political opposition.Between 1933 and 1945, German resistance to Nazism encompassed opposition by people and groups in Germany to the Nazi administration, the majority of which engaged in active resistance, including efforts to assassinate Adolf Hitler or overturn his established regime. Thus, this proves that not every German was a Nazi.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Special Courts, courts-martial, People's Courts, and the civil judicial system executed around 77,000 German civilians for one or more forms of resistance. Many of these Germans had served in government, the military, or civil positions, allowing them to engage in subversion and conspiracy; in addition, Canadian historian Peter Hoffmann estimates that "tens of thousands" of people were either suspected of or actually engaged in resistance in Nazi concentration camps.