Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Chapter 17.4

Main Idea: Under Adolf Hitler, the Nazi govt used terror, repression, and one-party rule to establish a totalitarian state

Objectives

Identify problems the Weimar Republic facedTrace how Hitler came to power and review key organizations in Hitler’s Nazi PartyDiscuss Hitler’s action against the German JewsChart and debate censorship

Warm up:

What do you know about Germany and Adolf Hitler?

Weimar Republic

Demo govt led by chancellorBlamed for signing Treaty of VersaillesInflationDawes Plan

Adolf Hitler1933 GermanyNazism

German EmpireRacial Purification

Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”)GRM’s problemsPlans for nation

Remilitarize , Expand, & AlignDraft & rearmRhineland, Austria, CzechoslovakiaRome-Berlin Axis (later Tokyo)

Think-Pair-Share

How did the depression pave the way for the rise of Hitler?

Widespread unemployment & miseryPromises to end reparations, create jobs, & restore GRM greatness

Hitler’s Third Reich- Simulation Review

Totalitarian StateSSPublic Works Programs (econ)

Strength Through Joy

Hitler Youth

Purging German Culture

Book burningChristianity

Quote Analysis

“The Nazis came first for the Communist. But I wasn’t a Communist, so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for the Jews, but I wasn’t a Jew so I didn’t speak up…Then they came for the Catholics, but I was a Protestant so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for me. By that time, there was no one left to speak up.”

–Martin Niemoller

Campaign Against the Jews

Nuremberg LawsKristallnachtConcentration camps

“final solution”

Tak for Alt Discussion

The Rise of Hitler

On your guided notes sheet take notes on the video clip (to 19:30)

Activity- T-Chart and Debate/Discussion

“Censorship is sometimes justified to protect the national interest”

You will be split in half to create a list of reasons for or against censorship.

Closure

Do you think that there are any circumstances under which a government would be justified in banning books or censoring ideas? Explain.