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Hitler’s ‘New World Order’ in Europe by 1941 Chapters 7-9

Review Hitler’s Goals for Europe:

1. Creation of the ‘Greater German Empire’ Similar to Ancient ______________.

2. Needs Lebensraum or ____________ for…

3. Explain Hitler’s Quote on Russia “Russia is our Africa”???

4. Needs to Increase Population by..

5. Needs to change Education by…

6. Change the ‘scapegoat’ from the

Communists to the….

Use the Map of 1941 to Answer the Discussion Questions from the Presentation

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What Did te Nazi's Do with Europe?

Agriculture

Income

Labor force

Art

2-3 Facts for Each Category

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Introduction: Your Volk is Your Life Activity A letter to you from the German Minister of Education

Directions: ‘Your Volk is your Life Activity’ You will find 6 Articles in your packet with the following titles… -Your People - Your Kin -Your Marriage & Your Children - Your Youth -Your Family - Your Ancestors Each member of the group must choose an article to read for this activity. You can choose from

1. Your Ancestors 2. Your People or Your Family 3. Your Marriage 4. Your Kin or Youth

Attention German Boys and Girls!

We National Socialists carried on our struggle for the sake of the German people and its future. The future of the people is its children — which is you. We thought about you as fought, risking life and health and all we had to help the swastika to victory. You will be spared what the German people had to experience before 1933.

The fatherland's age of distress is past. The machines are running again, the chimneys are smoking. There is work and food. People are happy again and have found new faith. And all are working in the same direction. The people make up a great community, tied together a million-fold by common blood, and faces its future with heads held high.

You are our young team. You will take the storm flags from our hands and carry them into a happier future.

The doors of school are closing behind you. It has prepared you well. Be glad that the present day demands accomplishment and diligence of you. We Germans will not allow ourselves to be surpassed by any other people in the world. Join the ranks of creative Germans, build the new Reich, and be loyal to your last breath.

Heil Hitler!

Erich Gauleiter of Bavarian Ostmark

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Your ‘Volk’ is Your Life Activity

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Remember: You have left school. You are gazing into the future, into life. Your teachers are watching as you leave, and their best wishes follow you.

School has attempted to prepare you for the battle of life. Often you thought it put too much pressure on you, and that its methods were sometimes unjust. That is not bad, for life is much

harder, much less forgiving.

Only in the battles of life will you learn what you owe your education. Some of the seed that was sown will grow only slowly; some of what you learned will make sense only years later.

People first realize their most important tasks and goals when life demands a decision of them. This book's goal is to help prepare you for such an hour of decision.

Once you have an article you are responsible to report the following questions to your group…..

1. What Message is being spread by this Nazi writing to the German people?

2. What is the Rationale behind this

Section in the Guide Book? 3. Give 3 Specific Examples of Nazi

Propaganda within your section. 4. What Morals are taught to the

German Youth in the reading? 5. Read and Analyze the Quotation

found in the top right section of packet.

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Resistance Movements to the German Occupation Remember that Prior to 1941 there was almost no resistance by European Populations

Read: Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. In many countries, resistance movements were sometimes also referred to as The Underground. Anyone who actively resisted took a chance of getting caught. Depending on the level of resistance and where it occurred the punishment would vary as well. 1. Forms of Passive Resistance includes… 2. Creation of Clandestine Newspapers... 3. Forms of Organized Resistance includes…

The German Response to Resistance Movements: The STICK!!!

(Read) The Nazi Response to resistance movements varied depending on the offense and where the offense occurred. For example if you collaborated with the enemy and caught in Western Europe you were most likely tortured and or killed. If you committed the same offense in Eastern Europe for example in Poland you and your family would be tortured and killed.

Brainstorm 2-3 reasons for the different punishment and foreshadow the Nazi Response to the following historical Scenarios.

Scenario 1) A German Soldier (not an officer) was assassinated in France so the Germans promptly rounded up and shot the first 10 people they could find. What would happen if the same event occurred in Poland? Scenario 2) A German Officer was assassianted in Italy so the German promptly rounded up and shot the first 60 people they could find. What would happen in Russia? Scenario 3) A High Ranking SS man was captured in a village in France called Ordour-Sur-Glane. What was the German response considering the type of individual who was captured?

Above: Germany’s ‘White Rose Movement’ & the ‘Edelweiss Pirates’

Below: Young Partisans in Poland

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From the ‘First Solution’ to the eventual “Holocaust”

Explain the 2 Separate Schools of Thought on the ‘Holocaust’

‘Functionalist’ Perspective vs. ‘Intentionalist’ Perspective

Discussion Questions:

a. According to the Nazi’s what was the idea behind ‘Volk-ish’ thought?

b. So…If you do not have a ‘Volk’ you are not…..?

c. All Anti-Semites believe…

d. Who are the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ from the 1890’s and what is their Goal?

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Important: Remember as we complete this Unit the Nazi’s will begin to address the so-called ‘Jewish / Problem Question’ in Three Separate Phases from a Logical Perspective.

1st Will Define the Problem 2nd Will Isolate the Problem 3rd Eradicate the Problem

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Step 1: The Definition & Removal of ‘Jews’ from German Society 1933-1939

(Read) Within 5 days of being named Chancellor Adolf Hitler began to prepare the German people for the eventual replacement of the ‘Scapegoat’ Communists (Remember that?). On April 1, 1933 Hitler announced the one day Boycott of Jewish Businesses as punishment for the ‘Lies about the Fatherland’ these Jewish businessmen had spread to other countries. The Boycott of 1933 actually lasted three days as members of the S.A. Hitler’s ‘Brown Shirt’ guard began one of the 1st stages of Genocide when they ‘Identified’ Jewish Business throughout Germany. Brainstorm 3 ways the S.A. would not only ‘help’ the public identify Jewish owned business but would also promote acts of violence.

1. 2. 3.

(Read) Once the boycott was over a series of Anti-Jewish Laws were established throughout 1933 including the dismissal of Jews from Civil Service Professions, forbade the kosher method of butchering food, limited the number of Jewish students in a school, and removed many Books written by Jewish Authors from Public libraries and private bookstores. Questions:

1. Why would the Nazi’s create these laws involving these specific areas of society?

2. What are some options that Jewish Citizens now have? (Read) The following year another series of Anti-Jewish Laws would exclude University Students who were Jewish from taking exams in the Dental, Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Legal professions. Question:

1. Why would the Nazi’s create these laws regarding these specific areas of society?

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(Read) In March 1935 Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles when his forces marched into the demilitarized Rhineland buffer zone on the Western border with France. Announcing to the world that he had an Air Force named the Luftwaffe under the command of 4 time WWI Ace Herman Goering, issued a policy of conscription in which Germany would increase its military through the draft, and currently had close to a million men in various branches of the armed forces. During a mass rally in the city of Nuremberg on September 15, 1935 Hitler’s speech would become the foundation of what would become the Nuremberg Laws.

Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

Section 1

1. Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this

law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.

Section 2

1. Sexual relations outside marriage between Jews and nationals of German or kindred blood are forbidden.

Section 3

1. Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens of German or kindred blood as domestic servants.

Section 4

1. Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colors.

2. On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.

Section 5

1. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labor.

2. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labor.

3. A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or

4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine, or with one of these penalties.

Activity: Read & Highlight the Law Silently

a. In your own words what are the 3 Major Keys to the Law.

b. According to Section 5 explain Why or Why Not the ‘Punishment Would Fit the Crime’.

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Legal Definition of Jew by 1935

(Due to the Nuremberg Laws) Jewish Class Family Tree Result

A Jew is…

A Mischlinge is…

A Mischlinge 2nd Class

is…

Question: Why did Hitler Need to Legally Define

what Constitutes a Jew?

The Reich Citizenship Law

Article I

1. A subject of the State is a person who belongs to the protective union of the German Reich, and who therefore has

particular obligations towards the Reich.

2. The status of subject is acquired in accordance with the provisions of the Reich and State Law of Citizenship.

Article 2

1. A citizen of the Reich is that subject only who is of German or kindred blood and who, through his conduct, shows that he is both desirous and fit to serve the German people and Reich

faithfully.

2. The right to citizenship is acquired by the granting of Reich citizenship papers.

3. Only the citizen of the Reich enjoys full political rights in accordance with the provision of the laws.

Activity: Read & Highlight the Law Silently

a. In your own words what are the 3 Major Keys to the Law.

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The Night of ‘Kristanault’ or the Broken Glass November 9-10, 1938

After completing our Crime Scene activity make sure you understand the Causes, Event itself,

and the Results of the ‘Night of Kristanault ‘on the Jewish population of Europe.

The Refugee Crises of 1939

Read: Due to the Night of Broken Glass German Jews were pressured to the point of self-exile. Under Reinhard Heydrich’s Central Emigration Office and S.S. officer Adolf Eichman’s Central Agency of Emigration not only were Jews from Germany deported so were Jews located in recently annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia. Quickly worldwide refugee crises would begin. Directions: Under each picture write a caption explaining the event or response.

The S.S. St. Louis in Cuba Voyage of the ‘Sturma’

Evian Conference July 1938

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Step 2: Isolation of the Jews, The ‘Second Solution’ September 1, 1939-June 22, 1941

(Read) By the middle of 1939 the Nazis created agencies to facilitate Jewish emigration to other countries including a plan in 1940 involving Madagascar which would involve__________ _____________________________________. Despite these efforts the Nazis were unable to ‘remove the problem’ from Germany completely causing the Nazi Hierarchy to search for other means beginning with invasion and eventual occupation of Poland by September 1939.

The Jewish Migration to the Ghetto’s Begins in Poland (Read) As the Battle of the Atlantic raged Hitler decided that the Madagascar Plan would hurt the German war effort while weakening his Kriegsmarine (Navy). Therefore a new plan was necessary in order to make his Third Reich (German Empire) free of Jews. Using the Reich Security Office under the command of Reinhard Heydrich the Jewish Question would have a temporary answer…Evacuation of all Jews eastward to collective centers located near rail road lines. These centers would be re christened by a medieval term associated with a specific ethic group living in a specific part of a city. With that the Ghetto was reborn.

Lodz Ghetto Population 200,000

Warsaw Ghetto Population 470,000

Describe Life in the Ghetto& the Role of the ‘Judenrat’ The ‘Judenrat’ or…

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The Jewish Situation within the Soviet Union: Operation: Barbarossa June 22, 1941

(Read) During the 1st 3 months during the invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa proved to be quite successful as the Nazi began to fulfill many of their Economic and Political Goal. As Hitler’s Army continued to acquire more and more Lebensraum his armed forces would over run numerous territories containing large portions of ethnic Jews. Under the direct orders of both Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and the supervision of Reich Security Leader Reinhard Heydrich German high command would address this ‘imbalance’ through the creation of the Einsatzgruppen der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD or ‘Einsatzgruppen’ for short.

Explain what occurred on September 29, 1941

in Babi Yar outside the city of Kiev in the Ukraine.

Explain who these ‘Ordinary Men’ of the Einsatzgruppen were, their role in the

Third Reich, their effectiveness as a unit, and any potential problems that may

occur.

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Step 3: Eradication or the ‘Final Solution’ to the Jewish Question

(Read) Soon after Hitler took power, the Nazis formulated policy based on their vision of biologically "pure" population, to create an "Aryan master race." The "Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases," proclaimed July 14, 1933, forced the sterilization of all persons who suffered from diseases considered hereditary, such as mental illness (schizophrenia and manic depression), retardation ("congenital feeble-mindedness"), physical deformity, epilepsy, blindness, deafness, and severe alcoholism. Forced sterilization in Germany was the forerunner of the systematic killing of the mentally ill and the handicapped. In October 1939, Hitler himself initiated a decree which empowered physicians to grant a "mercy death" to "patients considered incurable according to the best available human judgment of their state of health."

In 1939 the first national Euthanasia Programs were enacted in Germany. 1st 5000 2nd 100,000 Eventually these programs led to the T4 program which…. Once Henrich Himmler visited’ Pinsk’ policies would change due to… So…Need a better way to kill impersonally so…… 1st Attempt

2nd Attempt

3rd Attempt (1942)

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The complete plan for the Final solution of the Jewish Question Directions: Write a Paragraph describing the ‘Wannsee Conference’ agenda under Heydrich and how the Final Solution would eventually be enacted. (Minimum 7 sentences)

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(Read) By December 1941 the Nazi’s established of six permanent killing facilities located in Poland including Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Lublin, Sobibor & Treblinka.

Write a Paragraph (Minimum 7 sentences) describing the Selection Process at the Death Camps, including how the Nazi’s tricked the Jew’s into the camps, ‘Somderkommandos’, and

the process of Deportation.