2/28 Focus: Important Terms: Do Now: As Hitler gained power, he gradually began to strip Jews of their rights. The Nuremberg Laws were enacted as an attempt to remove Jews from German society. Important Terms: Anti-Semitism Do Now: What is one way that Hitler tried to deal with the economic crisis in Germany caused by the Great Depression.

Hitler as Dictator Increased German economic and military power led many Germans to support Hitler’s actions

Anti-Semitism Hitler used Jews as a scapegoat for German problems Began passing laws to remove Jews from German life Poster reads “Behind the enemy powers, the Jew”

Anti-Semitism Nazi’s seized Jewish property and businesses and gave them to non-Jews

The sign on the Truck reads “the Jewish department store has ruined the small German businesses”

Anti-Semitism Nuremburg laws (1935) took away political rights and German citizenship of Jews Prohibited from marrying non-Jews could not attend German schools Could not hold government jobs Could not write or publish books

Anti-Semitism Jews were forced to identify themselves by wearing a yellow star

Anti-Semitism Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) Nov. 9-10th 1938 Nazis organized violence against Jews in Germany 1,000’s of Jewish synagogues, businesses, cemeteries, and homes destroyed

Anti-Semitism Nazis began arresting Jews after Kristallnacht 30,000 Jews arrested for being Jewish on the day after Kristallnacht Began to require that Jews live is separate areas known as ghettos

Anti-Semitism Hitler eventually began to send Jews to concentration camps as part of the “Final Solution” Led to the deaths of over 6 million Jews during the Holocaust

Points for Discussion What economic and political conditions in Germany contributed to the rise of Fascism there? What groups did Hitler blame for Germany’s problems? How did Hitler improve the economic conditions in Germany?

3/1 Focus: Important Terms: Do Now: During the 1930’s, the league of Nations responded to German, Italian, and Japanese aggression by adopting a policy of appeasement to avoid war. Important Terms: Do Now: What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Laws.

****Quiz tomorrow…bring notebook**** 3/2 Focus: In the late 1930’s, Germany an Japan used military force to build empires. Their aggressive actions led to the outbreak of WWII. Important Terms: Appeasement Do Now: Identify two countries that were created from German territory by the Treaty of Versailles. ****Quiz tomorrow…bring notebook****

Aggression and Appeasement The Road to War Aggression and Appeasement

The League of Nations Organization created to maintain peace after WWI United States Senate had voted to not join the organization Had no method of enforcing decisions Was seen as weak

Reaction of the League of Nations Challenges to Peace Japanese Aggression in Asia Italian Aggression in Africa Invasion of Manchuria (1931) Invasion of all of China (1937) Invasion of Ethiopia (1935) Reaction of the League of Nations Protested Japanese actions Japan left League of Nations Banned sale of weapons to Italy Some members did not honor the ban

German Aggression in Europe Hitler began to rearm Germany in 1935 Was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles League of Nations mildly condemned Hitler’s actions

German Aggression in Europe Hitler moves troops into the border area with France known as the Rhineland in 1936 Treaty of Versailles had banned German troops in this area

German Aggression in Europe Hitler and Mussolini provided military assistance to Fascist dictator Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War Provided weapons German Luftwaffe bombed Spanish cities that supported Franco’s enemies

Pablo Picasso’s Guernica Pablo Picasso's Guernica was inspired by the German bombing of Guernica

German Aggression in Europe Germany and Italy formed an alliance in 1936 Known as the Rome-Berlin Axis Japan joined the alliance Germany, Italy, and Japan become the Axis Powers

German Aggression in Europe Hitler made Austria part of the German Reich (Empire) in 1938

German Aggression in Europe Hitler demand Germany be given the Sudetenland in Oct. 1938 Territory in western Czechoslovakia Many Germans lived here

Appeasement Western democracies reacted to German aggression with a policy of appeasement Gave in to the aggressive demands and actions to avoid war and maintain peace

Appeasement The Munich Conference of 1938 Meeting between Germany, Italy, France, and Britain Britain and France agreed to let Hitler have the Sudetenland British Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain believed war could be avoided by giving in to Hitler

Appeasement Hitler invaded all of Czechoslovakia in March of 1939 Demonstrated that policy of appeasement had failed to stop Hitler

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Hitler and Stalin signed agreement to not attack each other (Aug. 23, 1939)