Transcript Life in Nazi Germany

Life in Nazi Germany
What was life like in Nazi Germany?
Hitler Consolidates Power
• President Hindenberg dies in 1934 – Hitler names himself President
• Hitler becomes Fuhrer (Supreme Leader) – Rudolf Hess: Dep. Fuhrer
• Hitler bans all political parties, names Heinrich Himmler head of the
SS, which would eliminate Hitler’s political enemies
•A branch of the SS was a secret police
force known as the Gestapo
•Gestapo kept everyday citizens in order
by terrorizing them into obedience
Ministry of Propaganda
•1933: Hitler appoints Joseph Goebbels
as Minister of Propaganda
•Propaganda used to promote Reich and
blame Jews/others for pre-war problems
•Goebbels orders the burning of books
written by Jews or anti-Nazi authors
•Children joined the Hitler Youth or
League of German Girls
Nazi Propaganda #1
A German children’s book titled:
The Poisonous Mushroom
1.
Describe cover of the book and
the adult in the book.
2.
What is the author of this book
trying to teach German
children?
Nazi Propaganda #2
Translation: The Jewish
worm makes his move
1. Describe the worm, what is
he doing?
2. What is the poster trying to
say?
Hammer &
Sickle
Dollar sign
Nuremberg Laws
• 1935: two sets of laws passed in Germany defining race & citizenship
1) Protection of German Blood & Honor – 1935
• Racial categories: German, Jew, & Mischling (grade 1 & 2)
•Law forbids the marriage of
Jews to non-Jews
2) Reich Citizenship Law - 1935
• Must be German to be citizen
• Only citizens have full rights
Film Clip Question:
How did Stephan Lux bring the
issue of Jewish persecution to
the attention of the world?
Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”
• 1938: a 17-year old Jewish man shoots a German diplomat, (upset
his father was deported to Poland)
• Nazi respond by launching an attack against all Jews
• Businesses & homes are smashed & burned by SS, thousands of
Jews are arrested by Gestapo. Nazis want Jews out of Germany
Amen directed by Costa-Gavras
1.
What were the Nazis doing to people
with disabilities in Germany?
2.
How does the Catholic Church respond
to the Nazi plan to eliminate
“unproductive” citizens?
3. How does the reaction of Lt. Gerstein
differ from the rest of the SS officers?
4.
What do you think a “unit” is? What do
you think Hess & the Nazis are
planning?