1. Ultranationalism When nationalism goes a little bit crazy

2. Ultranationalism Dictionary – extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on any other nations. Miss Legge – when the love and ‘idea’ of a nation becomes completely twisted. This love or perfect idea of a nation can cause the people worshipping the nation (for example Arian Germans) to perform terrible acts on groups of other people and/or nations in order to achieve the nations/leaders goals (for example Jews and most of Europe) Social 20 wiki page May promote racism

3. So why would any country let this happen? Often times the leader of countries that perform ultranational deeds rule through one of three ways 1. Fear (Stalin) 2. Awesome personality and the ability to create a celebrity status until ….they start messing with people and doing terrible whammy things (Hitler) 3. Coup – they overthrow the current government and then rule through extreme violence and fear What does ultranationalism develop?

4. How did ultranationalism evolve in Germany? All German’s initially loved Hitler * he rebuilt the economy * he gave German’s back jobs, an army and a sense of nation This caused people to love Hitler and develop a higher sense of nationalism. German’s felt powerful again and they didn’t want anyone to take that away

5. The role of propaganda “Today Germany, tomorrow the world” Hitler spread poster and radio messages around Germany. This was used to spread his messages and beliefs to the public.

6. Anti-Jewish Propaganda However – Hitler always blamed the Jewish population for the struggles of the post WWI era and slowly began to create an atmosphere of mistrust and hate towards Jewish people. He saw Aryan’s – white Europeans who were of Nordic decent as the purest form of race. This so-called master race was called the Third Reich and was said to last for a thousand years For this to happen Nazi leaders needed to get rid of anyone who opposed these values. Anyone inferior must be eliminated Eventually even friendship between Germans and Jews was forbidden

7. Anti-Jewish Laws Hitlers government passed laws taking away the basic rights of Jewish people * they weren’t allowed to own property * they weren’t allowed to run a business * they were not allowed to hold ‘upper’ class jobs like doctors or lawyers Jewish people who were captured while Hitler’s army overtook Poland were taken to ‘work camps’ were they had little food and worked in the cold up to 16 hours a day. Many died here of cold or starvation. As the anti-jewish laws became more strict, people were taken to Auschwitz and never returned

8. German Work Camps Many were fenced with barb wire to prevent escape

10. They were made to get rid of their own

11. The Ovens

12. Uniforms at the camps

13. Little Food and less clothing

14. Gas Chambers The Auschwitz gas chambers held as many 2,000 people. It could take as long as 20 minutes for all of them to die.

15. Living Quarters at Auschwitz ‘work camp’