Events, Beliefs, Definitions. &

 German Chancellor  Became the Fuhrer (dictator)  Nazi Party Leader  Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)  Motivational speaker  Believed in the superiority of German people

 Second to Hitler in power  Created/leader of the Gestapo  Head of military and economics of the Third Reich  Initially, Hitler chose Goering to succeed  Hitler accuses him of treason  Captured by American forces  Poisoned self before Allies could prosecute

 Chief of Nazi Propaganda Department  Controlled all newspapers and radio  “If you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it.”  Doctorate in Literature and Philosophy  Responsible for getting German people to support Hitler

 Engineer  “Master of Death”  Responsible for organizing and implementing the Final Solution  Escaped to Argentina; Executed in 1962  The Nazi Hunters

 Leader of the Gestapo  Most ruthless of German officials  Designed mass murder methods  Designed Auschwitz

 Known as “the Hangman”“the Hangman”  Head of Security Services and administrator of the concentration camps  1942: Chosen to administer the Final Solution  May, 1942: Assassinated by Czech resistance in Prague

 “Angel of Death”  SS doctor at Auschwitz  Wanted to create a pure Aryan race  Medical experiments conducted on prisoners: twins, serum, pressure chambers, ice cold water, surgery

 Fascism /Government headed by a dictator /Extreme nationalism: dictator has total control of people and their loyalty; controls all areas of the citizens’ lives /Restores pride in country /Allows persecution of any people /Seen in Italy, Spain, Japan, Germany /Often blames problems of country on one group of citizens Definitions

 Antisemitism Prejudice against Jews Discrimination or persecution of Jews Final Solution  Final Solution Nazi term for their plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe Genocide  Genocide The systematic murder of a whole race or nation.  Holocaust Greek translation of a word used in Genesis; means “total burning”. Holocaust is the murder of Jews between

 Ghetto  SS  Gestapo A part of a city in which Jews were forced to live Schutzstaffel: Known as the Black Shirts. Part of the Gestapo, they ran the camps. Geheime Staatspolizei: Secret State Police. Created to monitor and punish any political opposition. Example of abusing power.

 Scapegoat  Swastika Innocent people blamed for other people’s troubles An old religious symbol from India, Persia, and Greece to ward off evil spirits; adopted by the Nazis as their party symbol. Hitler corrupted its meaning to symbolize the Aryan racial superiority.