The 1930s saw the rise of the N.A.Z.I.S. Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal

N.  The Nuremberg laws classified Germans according to race  Marriages between Jews and Germans were outlawed  Jewish rights would quickly be taken away completely Nuremberg Laws Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal

A.  One of Hitler’s primary goals was to unite all German speaking peoples  The Rhineland bordered France and according to the Versailles Treaty it was to be permanently demilitarized. Hitler took it in  Hitler took Austria without a fight in 1938  The Sudetenland was a German speaking Czech region. Hitler was given it after the Munich Accords were signed in Austria, Rhineland, and Sudetenland taken Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal

Z.  The “SS” was the Schutzstaffel or Nazi “protection squad”  The “SS” were the most radical Nazis and ran most of the extermination camps during World War II Zealots: the “SS” Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal

I.  When Hitler took power in 1933, Germany’s economy hovered around 40%  Hitler’s rearmament program quickly put Germans back to work  By 1938 unemployment was almost non-existent Improved economy Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal

S.  “Lebensraum” means “living space”  Another key goal of Hitler was to gain for Germany more “living space”  Hitler’s proposed “Lebensraum” could be found in Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine, and Russia) Support “Lebensraum” Chapter 5: FDR and the New Deal