PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie: Making Sense of the Nazi Past during

This thoughtprovoking study by historian Monique Laney focuses on the US governmentassisted integration of German rocket specialists and their families into a small southern community soon after World War II In 1950 Wernher von Braun and his team of rocket experts relocated to Huntsville Alabama a town that would celebrate the team despite their essential role in the recent Nazi war effort for their contributions to the US Army missile program and later to NASAs space program Based on oral histories provided by members of the African American and Jewish communities and  by the rocketeers families coworkers friends and neighbors Laneys book demonstrates how the histories of German Nazism and Jim Crow in the American South intertwine in narratives about the past This is a critical reassessment of a singular time that links the Cold War the Space Race and the Civil Rights era while addressing important issues of transnational science and technology and asking Americans to consider their countrys own history of racism when reflecting on the Nazi past. By:. Kate Di Camillo. Characters. India Opal Buloni. -10 year old girl who goes by the name Opal. She is the narrator of the story. She has red hair and freckles.. India’s father. -she calls him “Preacher” because that is his job. 1933-39. Preface. Many German people had suffered during WWI and the Depression. When Hitler came to power, over 6 million people were unemployed. As you can imagine, they welcomed Hitler's economic policies with open arms. The Nazi’s promised to use radical methods to solve the country’s two main problems – desperate unemployment and a crisis in farming. In return for work and other benefits, the majority of German people gave up their political freedom. Was it worth it?. The Gestapo. What was the Gestapo?. . It was an abbreviation for . Geheime. . Staatspolizei. , meaning secret state police; it was the official secret police of the German Nazi state. Who was head of the Gestapo?.  . One motivation for the German invasion of the USSR was the desire to acquire . Lebensraum. (living space) for the German people to colonize, at the expense of the Poles, Russians, . Belorussians. MTL TPTL MITL MTLF TPTLF MTL+Past MITL+Past interval-basedsemantics MTL TPTL MITL MTLF TPTLF MTL+Past MITL+Past pointwisesemantics Figure1:Summaryofourexpressivenessresults(dashededgesindicatefolkresu MARCUS WEAVER & MATT BLACKWOOD. Nazi . G. ermany . Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are common names for Germany during the period from 1933 to 1945, when its government was controlled by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist totalitarian state which controlled nearly all aspects of life. Nazi Germany ceased to exist after the Allied Forces defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.. L/O – To examine the changes made to the German Workers’ Party (DAP) by Adolf Hitler. How did Hitler convince the people of Germany?. How did . Hitler. convince . the people of . Germany?. What on earth would make the German people decide to elect such a man?. Key Topic 1. Weimar Republic. 1918-1929. November 1918. Germany loses WW1. Kaiser abdicates. Armistice signed (agreement to stop fighting). June 1919. Treaty of Versailles. G. UILT. . Germany had to accept all responsibility for the war. Area of Study Three. German Culture...before and during the Nazi regime.. Before the . Nazis. came to power, Germany’s reputation in the Arts had been growing.. During the . 1920’s. German museums were full of works completed by the German modernists.. Weimar Republic. 1918-1929. November 1918. Germany loses WW1. Kaiser abdicates. Armistice signed (agreement to stop fighting). June 1919. Treaty of Versailles. G. UILT. . Germany had to accept all responsibility for the war. Nuremberg Laws. September 15, 1935. Reich Flag Law. Official colors of the Nazi state are black, red, and white.. The national flag is the swastika flag.. Jews are forbidden from flying the German flag.. January 8, 2018. Mission of FNS Civil Rights Division. To provide leadership for comprehensive protection against discrimination in employment practices and delivery of programs to the public.  Our goal is to ensure that applicants and individuals who are eligible to participate in our programs are treated fairly and equitably, with dignity and respect.. - The goals were to:. desegregate schools, restaurants, buses and other public accommodations . to freely exercise the right to vote; . and to win protection against intimidation, harassment and violence — in general, to gain full and equal rights for African Americans. Hitler’s aims for the economy (4 year plan). Drag Germany out of the world recession.. Solve unemployment (which he had promised to do). Make Germany an “autarchy” – self sufficient.. Get rid of Jewish industrialists and give their businesses to “Aryans”..