PDF-(READ)-Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939

A great historian crowns a lifetime of thought and research by answering a question that has haunted us for more than 50 years How did one of the most industrially and culturally advanced nations in the world embark on and continue along the path leading to one of the most enormous criminal enterprises in history the extermination of Europes JewsGiving considerable emphasis to a wealth of new archival findings Saul Friedlander restores the voices of Jews who after the 1933 Nazi accession to power were engulfed in an increasingly horrifying reality We hear from the persecutors themselves the leaders of the Nazi party the members of the Protestant and Catholic hierarchies the university elites and the heads of the business community Most telling of all perhaps are the testimonies of ordinary German citizens who in the main acquiesced to increasing waves of dismissals segregation humiliation impoverishment expulsion and violence. TERROR. . The Police in Nazi Germany.. Until 1933 each state in Germany had its own police force. By 1936 they had been centralised under Himmler as Chief of Police.. The Nazis developed a confusing structure of . Facts to know…. 1. . Mein Kampf . (My struggle) reflected Hitler’s obsessions: Extreme nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism. 2. Lebensraun- living space: Hitler believed that Germany needed to expand its territory for the German people. The ‘Folk Community’. HI290- History of Germany. Volksgemeinschaft. (Folk Community). Idea of an equal community of racial comrades. Everyone’s participation. Equality defined racially and socially. L/O – To assess the successes and failures of Hitler’s economic policies. To what extent did Germans benefit from Nazi rule in the 1930s?. STARTER. : Can you name the 7 leading . Nazi. figures? Give one fact about each . (November). .. Today, most historians agree that the harsh Treaty of Versailles helped create the conditions responsible for Hitler. ’. s rise to power. . 1919. - . The Treaty of Versailles is signed . Chapter 29-2. Causes for the rise of fascism in Italy. In the early 20. th. century Italy was a liberal state with civil rights and a liberal constitution. Then:. Italia Irrendenta: Orlando left the Paris Peace Conference early and angry because Italy did not get the territory promised to her after the war. The Weimar Republic 1918-33. Hitler and the Nazi Party 1919-33. The Nazi Dictatorship 1933-39. How Hitler became Fuhrer. The Police State. The Churches. Propaganda. Why there was little opposition. Nazi Domestic Policies 1933-39. government led by Adolf Hitler and the. Nazi Party carried out the systematic. persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews.. This genocide is now known. as the Holocaust.. The Nazi regime also persecuted and killed millions of other people it considered. The Weimar Republic 1918-33. Hitler and the Nazi Party 1919-33. The Nazi Dictatorship 1933-39. Nazi Domestic Policies 1933-39. Young people. Women. Employment and the Standard of Living. Minorities. Nazi Policies and . Treaty of Versailles. 9/11/1918 – Kaiser abdicated. 11/11/1918 – Armistice signed by the new Weimar Government = end of the war.. 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles was given to the German government to sign. . Treaty of Versailles. 9/11/1918 – Kaiser abdicated. 11/11/1918 – Armistice signed by the new Weimar Government = end of the war.. 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles was given to the German government to sign. . 6. TODAY’S OBJECTIVES. Trace the roots and the progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. . Explore the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of the Nazi death camps.. ADOLF HITLER . L/O – To identify and explain the ways in which the Nazis tried to both control and publicise information and ideas. What is a ‘Totalitarian State’?. Nazi Germany can be classified as a . Totalitarian State. A great historian crowns a lifetime of thought and research by answering a question that has haunted us for more than 50 years: How did one of the most industrially and culturally advanced nations in the world embark on and continue along the path leading to one of the most enormous criminal enterprises in history, the extermination of Europe\'s Jews?Giving considerable emphasis to a wealth of new archival findings, Saul Friedlander restores the voices of Jews who, after the 1933 Nazi accession to power, were engulfed in an increasingly horrifying reality. We hear from the persecutors themselves: the leaders of the Nazi party, the members of the Protestant and Catholic hierarchies, the university elites, and the heads of the business community. Most telling of all, perhaps, are the testimonies of ordinary German citizens, who in the main acquiesced to increasing waves of dismissals, segregation, humiliation, impoverishment, expulsion, and violence.