1. “Focus on the Holocaust”
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“Focus on the Holocaust”

2. 1. Nazi The National Socialist German Workers Party
Enacted numerous measures to restrict the freedoms of the Jewish people

3. 2. Adolf Hitler German leader from 1933 until his suicide in 1945
Used emotional rhetoric to appeal to German patriotism and to heighten prejudice against Jews

4. 3. Heinrich Himmler
- Military commander and prominent Nazi

5. 4. Adolf Eichmann
- Believed to be the person who devised the plan for the “final solution”

6. 5. Rudolf Hess
- In charge of Auschwitz

7. 6. Dr. Josef Mengele
- Performed brutal experiments and operations on people in concentration camps

8. 7. Third Reich
- the Third Republic of Germany, led by Hitler

9. 8. Gestapo
- Secret police whose mission was to prevent opposition to Hitler’s policies

10. 9. Dachau
- Concentration camp used as a model for other death camps

11. 10. Auschwitz
- Largest death camp

12. 11. Theresienstadt Another concentration camp
Used as a model to deceive visiting Red Cross dignitaries about the real nature of the Nazi camps

13. 12. The Final Solution
- Hitler’s plan to annihilate Jews in Europe

14. 13. Anne Frank
Young German Jew who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
After WWII, her father returned to the place where the family hid from the Nazis and discovered Anne’s diary, which became one of the most widely read accounts of experiences during the Holocaust.

15. 14. Kristallnacht November 9, 1939
A night of rampaging against Jews and their property throughout Nazi-controlled areas
Name refers to the prevalence of breaking glass

16. 15. Nuremberg Laws Enacted in 1935
Laid the basis for legal persecution of Jewish people in Germany
Began the process of depriving the Jews of their legal rights

17. Why was Germany willing to accept Hitler as a dictator and to use the Jews as scapegoats?
The resolution of WWI left a once proud Germany in a state of shame. Hitler was able to reawaken national pride and to draw vast audiences of supportive listeners. His rhetoric convinced many people that Jews were the cause of all that was wrong with Germany.

18. What forms of propaganda did Hitler use to indoctrinate and train German youth, control adult society, and deceive the world?
- Hitler controlled the media, destroyed books, and had textbooks rewritten to align instruction with Nazi guidelines. - He used positive images for everything connected with Nazism and negative images for everything connected with the Jews.

19. Could propaganda be used in the United States today to create hatred against a minority group?
Propaganda can be very powerful because it capitalizes on people’s prejudices and fears.
Also provides scapegoats to be blamed for everything that is not going right, meaning that people then do not have to blame themselves

20. Do you think a country like the United States could ever find itself engaged in a genocide?
One would hope the U.S. will never devolve to genocide, but it is important to remember that Germany in the 1930s and 1940s was a very civilized nation.
U.S. history includes cruel treatment of Native Americans that resulted in decimation of that population.
Illegal aliens sometimes bear the brunt of blame for economic problems.