The Germans basically gave them no choice but to resist.
I think had the Germans tried to win over the local populations, they would have won the war easily. Many welcomed the Germans originally as liberators.
Hitler could have given Ukraine, the same treatment as Slovakia. Yes, it would have been a German puppet state, but for the most part the Ukrainian people would be left alone. How many would have taken that over Stalin in a heartbeat?
Sure, Mr. Dfwgator. That’s what rational people would have done - but when have ideologues ever acted in a rational manner?
The Nazis were every bit as ideology-driven as the Communists - or the wokesters and Islamists of our times, for that matter…