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starter activity. What would have been the Nazi attitude to this girl? Why?. Key words: persecute anti-semitic Nuremberg Laws Final Solution. Who was on Hitler’s hate list?. LOs. TBAT explain ‘ persecute ’ TBAT describe at least 3 anti- semitic methods
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starter activity What would have been the Nazi attitude to this girl? Why?
Key words: persecute anti-semitic Nuremberg Laws Final Solution Who was on Hitler’s hate list? LOs TBAT explain ‘persecute’ TBAT describe at least 3 anti-semiticmethods TBAT identify at least 3 examples of ‘undesirables’
Your task • Read p.52 about the persecution of racial groups. Note down: • The characteristics of an ‘Aryan’ • How great a threat Jewish people were to Germans • Do you think Hitler was largely responsible for the persecution of Jewish people & other minorities?
Aryan master race • Characteristics: tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed • Pure genetic race – not result of racial interbreeding • Physically strong and healthy • Brought up to believe in traditional family values
How great a threat were Jewish people? • Jews made 1% of German population • By the time Hitler stopped allowing Jews to leave Germany, 80% had left the country • Refugees included famous individuals, e.g. Albert Einstein, Bertolt Brecht & Ernst Chain
Your task Jewish people being rounded up by Nazis and put into ghettoes Complete the timeline task your teacher gives you Which events were the most savage attacks on the rights of Jewish citizens? Why
Your task Read about the so-called ‘undesirables’ in Nazi Germany. Note down the different categories and explain in your words why they were the target for persecution Which of these undesirables would have been top of the Nazis hate list? Rank them in order and explain your ideas
Undesirables • Tramps, beggars & alcoholics – 500, 000 sent to concentration camps in 1933 • Prostitutes, homosexuals or those with ‘loose morals’ • Those with strong religious or moral beliefs, e.g. Jehovah’s Witnesses or pacificsts • Unhealthy or disabled - burden on the community; 5000 children died in ‘nursing homes’ • Racially impure – e.g. gypsies
Your task • Watch the film about the infamous attack on Jewish communities across Germany in 1938, known as Kristallnacht and complete the questions your teacher provides.
Plenary • Define: persecute, undesirable, anti-Semitism • Characteristics of Aryans • Reasons for anti-Semitism • Examples of undesirables • Who was to blame for Hitler’s hate list?
Homework • Research the story of an individual your teacher provides you with • How typical are their experiences? • Research the life of a famous Jewish refugee such as Albert Einstein. Did they ever return to Germany? What were their views on the Nazi regime?