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““Focus on the Holocaust”Focus on the Holocaust”

1. Nazi1. Nazi

- The National Socialist German Workers Party

- Enacted numerous measures to restrict the freedoms of the Jewish people

2. Adolf Hitler2. Adolf Hitler

- German leader from 1933 until his suicide in 1945

- Used emotional rhetoric to appeal to German patriotism and to heighten prejudice against Jews

- Military commander - Military commander and prominent Naziand prominent Nazi

3. Heinrich Himmler3. Heinrich Himmler

4. Adolf Eichmann4. Adolf Eichmann

- Believed to be the person who devised the plan for the “final solution”

5. Rudolf Hess5. Rudolf Hess

- In charge of Auschwitz

6. Dr. Josef Mengele6. Dr. Josef Mengele

- Performed brutal experiments and operations on people in concentration camps

7. Third Reich7. Third Reich

- the Third Republic of Germany, led by Hitler

8. Gestapo8. Gestapo

- Secret police whose mission was to prevent opposition to Hitler’s policies

9. Dachau9. Dachau

- Concentration camp used as a model for other death camps

10. Auschwitz10. Auschwitz

- Largest death camp

11. Theresienstadt11. Theresienstadt

- Another concentration camp- Used as a model to deceive

visiting Red Cross dignitaries about the real nature of the Nazi camps

12. The Final 12. The Final SolutionSolution

- Hitler’s plan to annihilate Jews in Europe

13. Anne Frank13. Anne Frank

- Young German Jew who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

- After WWII, her father returned to the place where the family hid from the Nazis and discovered Anne’s diary, which became one of the most widely read accounts of experiences during the Holocaust.

14. Kristallnacht14. Kristallnacht

- November 9, 1939- A night of rampaging against

Jews and their property throughout Nazi-controlled areas

- Name refers to the prevalence of breaking glass

15. Nuremberg Laws15. Nuremberg Laws

- Enacted in 1935- Laid the basis for legal

persecution of Jewish people in Germany

- Began the process of depriving the Jews of their legal rights

The resolution of WWI left a once proud The resolution of WWI left a once proud Germany in a state of shame. Hitler was Germany in a state of shame. Hitler was able to reawaken national pride and to able to reawaken national pride and to draw vast audiences of supportive draw vast audiences of supportive listeners. His rhetoric convinced many listeners. His rhetoric convinced many people that Jews were the cause of all people that Jews were the cause of all that was wrong with Germany.that was wrong with Germany.

Why was Germany willing to Why was Germany willing to accept Hitler as a dictator accept Hitler as a dictator and to use the Jews as and to use the Jews as scapegoats?scapegoats?

- Hitler controlled the media, - Hitler controlled the media, destroyed books, and had textbooks destroyed books, and had textbooks rewritten to align instruction with rewritten to align instruction with Nazi guidelines.Nazi guidelines.

- He used positive images for - He used positive images for everything connected with Nazism everything connected with Nazism and negative images for everything and negative images for everything connected with the Jews.connected with the Jews.

What forms of propaganda did What forms of propaganda did Hitler use to indoctrinate and Hitler use to indoctrinate and train German youth, control train German youth, control adult society, and deceive the adult society, and deceive the world?world?

- Propaganda can be very powerful Propaganda can be very powerful because it capitalizes on people’s because it capitalizes on people’s prejudices and fears.prejudices and fears.

- Also provides scapegoats to be Also provides scapegoats to be blamed for everything that is not blamed for everything that is not going right, meaning that people going right, meaning that people then do not have to blame then do not have to blame themselvesthemselves

Could propaganda be used Could propaganda be used in the United States today in the United States today to create hatred against a to create hatred against a minority group? minority group?

- One would hope the U.S. will never One would hope the U.S. will never devolve to genocide, but it is important to devolve to genocide, but it is important to remember that Germany in the 1930s and remember that Germany in the 1930s and 1940s was a very civilized nation.1940s was a very civilized nation.

- U.S. history includes cruel treatment of U.S. history includes cruel treatment of Native Americans that resulted in Native Americans that resulted in decimation of that population.decimation of that population.

- Illegal aliens sometimes bear the brunt of Illegal aliens sometimes bear the brunt of blame for economic problems.blame for economic problems.

Do you think a country like Do you think a country like the United States could ever the United States could ever find itself engaged in a find itself engaged in a genocide? genocide?