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Appeasement Collaboration Resistance Dissent. 4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts. Kevin P. Dincher www.kevindincher.com. Kevin P. Dincher. Bachelor of Arts, Accounting Canisius College Master of Arts, Philosophy Fordham University Master of Divinity Weston Jesuit School of Theology
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Appeasement Collaboration Resistance Dissent 4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Kevin P. Dincher www.kevindincher.com
Kevin P. Dincher • Bachelor of Arts, Accounting • Canisius College • Master of Arts, Philosophy • Fordham University • Master of Divinity • Weston Jesuit School of Theology • Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology (MFCC) • Santa Clara University • Master of Science, Organizational Development • University of San Francisco Kevin P. Dincher
Kevin P. Dincher • High School Teacher • Student Services • Mental Health • Non-profit Management • Organization/Business Development Consulting • Crazy Moon Consulting Kevin P. Dincher
Kevin P. Dincher • Osher Lifelong Learning – since 2003 • UC Santa Cruz Extension (Cupertino Campus) • CSU-East Bay (Concord Campus) • San Jose State University • Santa Clara University • “What do you teach?” • Historical Anthropology? Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Everything’s Related Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts “… a wave of amnesia that has overtaken the West .” William Shirer 1960 Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Have you read …? Ambassador William E. Dodd and family arriving in Germany (1933) Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Have you read … …or seen the movie? Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Have you heard of …? Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts What about…? Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts • Some History • 4 Roads • Appeasement • Collaboration • Resistance • Dissent • What was going on? • What were they thinking? • What were they responding to? Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts • Handout: • Resources, p. 2 • Timeline, p. 3 • Online • www.kevindincher.com/beasts • PowerPoint Slides • Links to additional resources • FaceBook • Kevin P. Dincher Kevin P. Dincher
“The Garden of Beasts” Kevin P. Dincher
“The Garden of Beasts” Tiergarten: Animal Garden • Not a zoo (Zoologischer Garten Berlin) • 520 acre urban park • Munich’s EnglischerGarten: 910 acres • Golden Gate Park • 1017 acres Kevin P. Dincher
“The Garden of Beasts” • Hitler • Welthauptstadt Germania • World Capital City Germania Kevin P. Dincher
Volkshalle (“People's Hall”) Große Halle (“Great Hall”) Ruhmeshalle (“Hall of Glory”) Arch Of Triumph 350 feet Kevin P. Dincher
The Olympiastadion in 1936 Capacity: 110,000 spectators (Candlestick Park Capacity: 69,732) Kevin P. Dincher
The Garden of Beasts • Schwerbelastungskörper(heavy load-bearing body) Kevin P. Dincher
Reichstag/Bundestag Kevin P. Dincher
Reichstag (Parliament, 1894 to 1933 ) • Dem DeutschesVolk – To the German People (1916) Kevin P. Dincher
Reichstag Fire 27 February 1933 Kevin P. Dincher
Reichstag in postwar occupied Berlin 3 June 1945 Kevin P. Dincher
Siegessäule (Victory Column) • 2 September 1873 • 1865: Danish-Prussian War • 1866: Austro-Prussian War • 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian War • Goldelse: "Golden Lizzy". Kevin P. Dincher
Siegessäule (Victory Column) 1939: relocated to Großer Stern (Great Star) 1941: tunnels and street widening Kevin P. Dincher
Brandenburg Gate Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz Kevin P. Dincher
US Embassy (Blücher Palace) De facto US Embassy on Bendlerstraße 39 (Stauffenbergstraße) Dodd’s Residence 27a Tiergartenstraße Kevin P. Dincher
4 Roads in the Garden of Beasts Some History: If Clocks Could Talk Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk JunghansGrandfather Clock • 1910-1920 • Junghansund Tobler • Established: 15 April 1861 • Schramberg, Baden- Württemberg (Black Forest) • Erhard Junghans with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler • 1900: world’s largest clockmaker Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Paul and Emma Kramer 1916 1915 Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Hildegard Kramer • 1919: Born in Berlin • 1923 (4): Beer Hall Putsch, Munich • Mein Kampf • 1933 (14): • Jan: Hitler named Chancellor • Feb: Reichstag Fire and Reichstag Fire Decree • Mar: Enabling Act • April: Gestapo formed • May: Trade Unions dissolve; leaders sent to concentration camps • Jul: NSDAP (Nazi Party) becomes the only legal party 1935 16 years old Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk • Mein Kampf • My Struggle • 1923: Munich • 1925: Volume 1 • 1926: Volume 2 • Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit, • Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Mein Kampf Re-emergence of Germany Stage 1: Treaty of Versailles Stage 2: Align with Britain and Italy Stage 3: War against France and Russia • Judaism • “The Jewish Peril” • Communism/Marxism • Weimar Republic • Parliamentary System • Lebensraum Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Hildegard Kramer • 1919: Born in Berlin • 1923 (4): Beer Hall Putsch, Munich • Mein Kampf • 1933 (14): • Jan: Hitler named Chancellor • Feb: Reichstag Fire and Reichstag Fire Decree • Mar: Enabling Act • April: Gestapo formed; Jews banned from civil service jobs • May: Trade Unions dissolve; leaders sent to concentration camps • Jul: NSDAP (Nazi Party) becomes the only legal party 1935 16 years old Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Gestapo Headquarters, Prinz-Albrecht- Straße, Berlin (1933) Rudolf Diels, first Commander of the Gestapo (1933–1934) Niederkirchnerstraße Topography of Terror Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Gestapo (GeheimneStaatspolizei) • Secret State Police • 1933 – 1945 SA (Sturmabteilung) • Storm Troopers (Brown Shirts) • Paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party • 1920 - 1934 SS (Schutzstaffel) • Defense Corps • 1929 – 1945 Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Hildegard Kramer • 1919: Born in Berlin • 1923 (4): Beer Hall Putsch, Munich • 1933 (14): • Jan: Hitler named Chancellor • Feb: Reichstag Fire and Reichstag Fire Decree • Mar: Enabling Act • April: Gestapo formed; Jews banned from civil service jobs • May: Trade Unions dissolve; leaders sent to concentration camps • Jul: NSDAP (Nazi Party) becomes the only legal party 1935 16 years old Kevin P. Dincher
If Clocks Could Talk Hildegard Kramer • 1934 (15): • Hitler becomes Führer • Nacht der Langen Messer • Night of the Long Knives (June 30) • 1935 (16): • Germany rearms • Hildegard graduates “high school” and receives Abteilung • Sep: Nuremburg Laws • The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor • The Reich Citizenship Law 1935 16 years old Kevin P. Dincher