1. Do Now: Intro To Holocaust Quiz
Total Time: 8 minutes
Questions: 10 (make sure you notice that there is one on the back)
You may not use your notes or any other materials to help you on this quiz
Trade and grade

2. Day 3
Night

3. Agenda
SWBAT deepen understanding of genocide through questions and review.
1. Do Now (10)
2. Intro to Holocaust Quiz (10)
3. 8 Stages Review Lecture (40)

4. Lecture
On your desk:
Your Intro to the Holocaust Reading
Prepare to add notes to your handout! Anything that I say that is NOT already on your handout, you should add on the lines.
Be sure to underline and circle important points on the actual slides.

5. Hitler’s Rise to Power

6. Hitler as a Child Hitler was born in Austria.
Hitler had 4 siblings die during his childhood and only 1 sister survived.
He was denied entrance to art school twice.
His mother died of breast cancer.
He earned medals for bravery in 4 years of war on Germany’s side.
Hitler was injured twice in war- once by a grenade splinter and another by a gas attack which made him temporarily blind.
He found out that there was an armistice- end of fighting- by Germany and he was furious that Germany surrendered.

7. A little about Hitler… Hitler was always interested in politics
He was a “German Nationalist”
German Nationalism: the desire to unite all German speaking people
If people in neighboring countries spoke German, what do you think Hitler would want to do to these countries?

8. Hitler’s Rise to Power Germany was economically devastated after WWI
Hitler began to gain a following by passionately lecturing in beer halls in the 1920s
Put in jail for treason in 1924
Using propaganda and powerful speeches, the Nazi party began to gain more and more seats in German government
Hitler was a proud German who gave hope to a broken country
In 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany

9. How did Hitler get power?
Many Nazis were already in government positions through popular elections
In 1928, Nazis got 2.8% of the vote
In 1930, Nazis got 18.3%, (6,406,397 votes)
They became the second largest political party in Germany
Hitler, a popular and
outspoken leader, was
appointed to the
position of Chancellor
of Germany in 1933

10. Under the constitution of the “Weimar Republic” in a time of crisis the President of Germany can take over the country and create laws to “protect Germany’s citizens.”
Hitler used this law as soon as he came to power to take absolute control of Germany—a dictator!

11. World War II WWII began because of Hitler’s goal of world domination
Over time, Hitler invaded the following countries
Austria (1938)
Czechoslovakia (1938)
Poland (1939)
Then…
Denmark (1940)
The Netherlands (1940)
France (1940)
Belgium (1940)
Luxemburg (1940)
The Allied forces began fighting back in 1939

12. Hitlers Rise to power video

13. How was this allowed to happen?
It didn’t all happen at once
While Hitler had always talked about Aryan superiority, he hadn’t fully explained his plans to kill off non-Aryan races.
Hitler went through the eight stages carefully…

14. Categorization- Who did he label? Based on what?

15. Symbolization- What symbols did he use to mark those who were different?

16. Dehumanization- How did he make people think Jews were less than human?
Propaganda

17. Organization- What did he have to organize to make the Holocaust possible? Army? Facilities?

18. Polarization- How did he scare people into submission?

19. Preparation- How did he identify and move people?

20. Extermination
In Concentration Camps

21. Mass Executions

22. Denial

23. Hitler used the law to support him
In 1935, the government passed laws changing the lives of Jews in Germany.
They lost
The right to citizenship of Germany
The right to marry non-Jews
The right to stay married to non-Jews
The right to employ non-Jews
Once Jews lost their citizenship, they lost any protection under the law

24. Translation: Satan has taken off his mask

25. Translation: “Our answer: Pick up your arms and fight

26. Homework (Take out your Agenda)
Read and annotate 8 Stages of Genocide
Keep reading your IR book!