Published in his book Mein Kampf – which was a bestseller in Germany and sold millions “..the personification of the devil … the symbol of all evil assumes the shape of the Jew.”

Übermensch

Untermensch Jews Disabled Homosexuals Gypsies Slavs Black people “Just as the night rises against the day, the light and dark are in eternal conflict. So too, is the subhuman the greatest enemy of the dominant species on earth, mankind.”

And yet in 1932…

Political Parties in the Reichstag May 1924 Dec May 1928 Sep July 1932 Communist Party Social Democratic Party Catholic Centre Party Nationalist Party Nazi Party Other Parties What is happening here? What does this show? What questions does it make you want to ask?

Lesson Enquiry: Why did the Germans vote for a party who actively hated people?

Why did the Germans vote for the Nazis? 1.People were poor and desperate 2.People were looking for a strong leader 3.People were looking for a strong party 4.People wanted someone to blame for their problems 5.People were fed up of other political parties “Our last hope”

Which posters would have appealed to this group? Can you predict why this group voted for the Nazis in 1932? People were poor and desperate People were looking for a strong leader People were looking for a strong party People wanted someone to blame for their problems People were fed up of other political parties

So what really happened in 1932? Read through the narrative of the 1932 election

Why did the Germans vote for a party who actively hated people? Word Bank: Propaganda election Great Depression Hitler poverty Communist Marxist anti-Semitic Goebbels Explain which ONE of the following was the most important: 1.People were poor and desperate 2.People were looking for a strong leader 3.People were looking for a strong party 4.People wanted someone to blame for their problems 5.People were fed up of other political parties Explain why a second factor was LESS important than the first in leading the Germans to vote for the Nazis. Add a third paragraph explaining why interpretations of this question might have changed over time, e.g. why immediately post-war someone might see this differently to now 70 years later

Would you have voted for the Nazis in 1932?