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Life in Nazi Germany
What was life like in Nazi Germany?
Hitler Consolidates Power
• 1934: Hitler takes the title Fuhrer (Supreme Leader)
• Hitler bans all other political parties
• Hitler forms the SS
– an elite black-uniformed unit that eliminated Hitler’s enemies
– led by Heinrich Himmler
•Gestapo: secret branch of SS
- terrorized & shocked people
Ministry of Propaganda
•1933: Joseph Goebbels is Minister of
Propaganda
- orders the burning of books written by
Jews or anti-Nazi authors
- Children joined the Hitler Youth or
League of German Girls
-Propaganda is used against the Jews &
other perceived enemies of the Reich
Nazi Propaganda #1
A German children’s book titled:
The Poisonous Mushroom
1. Describe cover of the book and
the Jewish person 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 are
in his eyes?
2. What is the poster trying to
say?
The Nuremberg Laws
• 1935: two sets of laws were passed in Germany defining race & citizenship
• 1) Protection of German Blood & Honor – 1935
• Racial categories established: German, Mischling (grade 1 & 2) and Jews
•The laws would forbid the
marriage of Jews to non-Jews
•They also forbid the marriage of
Mischlings
•Jews also couldn’t display the Reich
or National Flag
2) Reich Citizenship Law - 1935
• Article 1 – German citizens have
obligations to the Reich
• Article 2 – Only citizens of the
Reich have complete rights
Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”
• 1938: Nazi leaders launch an attack against all Jews
• Goebbels authorizes the attacks, Himmler & SS carry out the attacks
• The SS attack Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues
• Homes are burned and thousands of Jews are arrested
•
Nazis want to eliminate Jews from Germany
• Nazis begin to experiment with poison gas, first on disabled citizens and
eventually on Jews