1. World War II and the Rise of Nazi Germany Post-World War I Treaty of Versailles punished Germany –War Guilt Clause HUGE $$ reparations Lost the Sudetenland Disarm (no military) Anger over Treaty led to rise of Nazism

2. Rise of NAZISM National Socialist German Workers' Party (NAZI) NAZI goals: –FASCISM: little social & political rights allows economic rights –Anti-Union –ARYANS were master race Hatred toward Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, mentally retarded, non-Aryan –Lebensraum ("living space") Reclaim land lost in WWI

3. Adolph HITLER Dictator of Germany during World War II Served for Germany in WWI on Western Front –gassed by the British Wrote book: “Mein Kampf” –means: “My Struggle” –wrote while in prison

4. Hitler’s FINAL SOLUTION Answer t/t “ Jewish Question ” The HOLOCAUSTHOLOCAUST The annihilation of all European Jews –zeal o/t minority of Germans –passivity o/t majority Kristallnacht: “Night of Broken Glass” Concentration Camps –“protective custody” –Germany: Dachau & Buchenwald –Poland: Auschwitz & Treblinka (extermination camps) Slavs, Gypsies and homosexuals were also victims –Upwards of 5 million killed No less than 6 million Jews were killed –1.5 million were under 15

6. Comparing the Holocaust during WW2 to European Imperialism: Define GENOCIDE: Is Imperialism any different from what the Nazi’s did to the Jews during WW2? Look at the UN Convention o/t Prevention & Punishment o/t Crime of Genocide