Do Now: What message is this Nazi propaganda saying about Jewish people? (hint – what is the character holding?)

Aim: Why did German people not stop Hitler

and the Nazis?

Homework: Answer Aim in a paragraph

Mr. McEntarfer * Global IV * HSLPS

Instructional Objectives• We will be able to:

– Describe what methods did the Nazis use to persecute the Jewish people of Germany

– Describe what life was like under the Nazi regime

Agenda:

Do Now

Notes

Play

Summary

Hitler blamed the Jews for all the misfortunes that had befallen German

• The loss of the First World War was a Jewish conspiracy along with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

• The hyperinflation of 1923 was the result of an international Jewish attempt to destroy Germany.

• In reality Hitler was using them as a scapegoat. (someone to blame)

The Nuremberg Laws 1935

• Only a person of German or similar blood is a citizen of the Reich (Germany). A Jew is not a citizen. He has no vote. He may not hold public office

• Marriage between Jews and citizens of German blood are forbidden. Sexual relations between Jews and Aryan Germans is forbidden.

• Jews are forbidden to display the national flag or colors.

Why doesn’t Hitler want Jews to breed with other Germans?

Adolf Hitler

The 1936 Berlin Olympics

• Hitler believed that the Olympics would show the world the superiority of the German “master race”. When Jesse Owens won four gold medals Hitler refused to congratulate him.

Why was Hitler embarrassed in 1936?

Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany• Jews would be viewed as sub-human• Nazi thugs kept people from shopping at Jewish businesses• Jews were segregated – They had to sit in “reserved” seats

on the buses, parks and other public places.• Children at school were taught anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish)

ideas.

Has anything like this happened in the U.S.?

What message are the Nazi’s giving to school children?

Krystallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass

• In 1938 Hitler ordered a seven day campaign of terror against the Jews.– Synagogues (Jewish houses of worship) were burned– 10,000 shops owned by Jews were destroyed– The Nazi’s ordered the Jews to pay one billion in fines and clean up

after the destruction caused by the Nazi’s.

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Activity – Read Play

Summary Questions

• How did the Nazis persecute the Jews in the 1930’s?

• Many Non-Jewish Germans were appalled by what the Nazi’s were doing. Why didn’t they try to stop Hitler?

Homework:

Answer Aim in a paragraph