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Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany. Chapter 17.4 Main Idea: Under Adolf Hitler, the Nazi govt used terror, repression, and one-party rule to establish a totalitarian state. Objectives. Identify problems the Weimar Republic faced
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Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany Chapter 17.4 Main Idea: Under Adolf Hitler, the Nazi govt used terror, repression, and one-party rule to establish a totalitarian state
Objectives • Identify problems the Weimar Republic faced • Trace how Hitler came to power and review key organizations in Hitler’s Nazi Party • Discuss Hitler’s action against the German Jews • Chart and debate censorship
Warm up: • What do you know about Germany and Adolf Hitler?
Weimar Republic • Demo govt led by chancellor • Blamed for signing Treaty of Versailles • Inflation • Dawes Plan
Adolf Hitler • 1933 Germany • Nazism • German Empire • Racial Purification • Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”) • GRM’s problems • Plans for nation • Remilitarize , Expand, & Align • Draft & rearm • Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia • Rome-Berlin Axis (later Tokyo)
Think-Pair-Share • How did the depression pave the way for the rise of Hitler? • Widespread unemployment & misery • Promises to end reparations, create jobs, & restore GRM greatness
Hitler’s Third Reich- Simulation Review • Totalitarian State • SS • Public Works Programs (econ) • Strength Through Joy • Hitler Youth • Purging German Culture • Book burning • Christianity
Quote Analysis • “The Nazis came first for the Communist. But I wasn’t a Communist, so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for the Jews, but I wasn’t a Jew so I didn’t speak up…Then they came for the Catholics, but I was a Protestant so I didn’t speak up. Then they came for me. By that time, there was no one left to speak up.” –Martin Niemoller
Campaign Against the Jews • Nuremberg Laws • Kristallnacht • Concentration camps • “final solution” • Takfor Alt Discussion
The Rise of Hitler • On your guided notes sheet take notes on the video clip (to 19:30)
Activity- T-Chart and Debate/Discussion • “Censorship is sometimes justified to protect the national interest” • You will be split in half to create a list of reasons for or against censorship.
Closure • Do you think that there are any circumstances under which a government would be justified in banning books or censoring ideas? Explain.