Nazism/Nazi Ideology: Hitler and The Nazi Party
Extra Credit: Conspiracy - In January 1942 a conference is assembled in Wannsee to discuss the "evacuation" of Germany's Jews and other "undesirables". "Evacuation" is a code word for the Nazi government's extermination policy. It is quickly established by those present that there is a significant "Jewish problem", in that the Jews of Europe cannot be efficiently contained, nor can they be forced onto other countries. As the movie progresses and attendees of the conference discuss how to deal with the "Jewish problem", it becomes evident that a "comprehensive, final solution" has already been decided upon and this intense meeting is more of a mere informative informality. This intense drama, which peeks into the mentality of those behind the organization of the systematic murder of millions of people, is based on the only surviving records of the conference and is HIGHLY recommended! For extra credit watch the videos that and write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating to what was discussed in class.
Full length film - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By3zlzk3Z1HxVVhZanlIRkYxaUU/view?usp=sharingExtra Credit: The History Channel - Click on the following links to learn more about the Nazi Party and the rise of Nazism. For extra credit, write a 1 page summary about what you learned from each of the following links, relating it to what we have discussed in class.
- Overview of the Nazi Party, including Hitler's rise to power - http://www.history.com/topics/nazi-party
- Overview of the Nazi "SS", founded in 1925, the "Schutzstaffel," German for "Protective Echelon," initially served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguards, and later became one of the most powerful and feared organizations in all of Nazi Germany - http://www.history.com/topics/ss
- History of the Gestapo - the political police of Nazi Germany. The Gestapo ruthlessly eliminated opposition to the Nazis within Germany and its occupied territories and was responsible for the roundup of Jews throughout Europe for deportation to extermination camps. http://www.history.com/topics/gestapo
Extra Credit: Hitler's Germany and The Master Race - According to Nazi theories of race, Germans and other northern Europeans were "Aryans," a superior race. During World War II, Nazi physicians conducted bogus medical experiments seeking to identify physical evidence of Aryan superiority and non-Aryan inferiority. Despite killing countless non-Aryan prisoners in the course of these experiments, the Nazis could not find any evidence for their theories of biological racial differences among human beings. During World War II, the Nazi leadership set about what they referred to as an "ethnic housecleaning" in the occupied Eastern territories of Poland and the Soviet Union. This policy included the murder and annihilation of so-called enemy "races," including the genocide of European Jews and the destruction of the leadership of the Slavic peoples. Nazi racism produced murder on an unprecedented scale. For extra credit, write a 1 page summary about what you learned from the following video and link, relating it to what we have discussed in class. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005184
About Hitler and the Nazi Party
Extra Credit: Inside the Nazi State: Suppoters - This documentary presents the recoellections and opinions of a number of people who supported Hitler and the Nazis. It’s particularly interesting to see the reasons they give for why they supported them. For extra credit, watch the following video clips about how and wht the Nazi party gained support during this period and write a minimum 1 page summary of what you learned and about support for Nazism.Extra Credit: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - The documentary The Rise and Fall of Third Reich uncovers familiar anecdotes and fascinating details about the people who comprised the Nazi Party, and raids the treasure trove of archives the Nazis left behind, including rarely seen German newsreel recordings along with other unique footage carried home by Russian troops. For extra credit, write a 1 page summary about what you learned from each of the following video, relating it to what we have discussed in class.
Extra Credit: Women During the Nazi Era - Hitler had very clear ideas about the woman's role in the Nazi state: she was the center of family life - a housewife and mother. Women in Nazi Germany were to have this role and Hitler was very clear on this. They should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Outside of certain specialist fields, Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Education taught girls from the earliest of years that this was the lifestyle they should have. Women played a vital role in Adolf Hitler's plan to create an ideal German Community ("Volksgemeinschaft"). Hitler believed a larger, racially purer population would enhance Germany's military strength and provide settlers to colonize conquered territory in eastern Europe. The Third Reich's aggressive population policy encouraged "racially pure" women to bear as many "Aryan" children as possible. Women were expected to stay at home and look after the family. Women doctors, teachers and civil servants were not only forced, but expected to give up their careers. Their job was to keep the home nice for their husband and family - their life should revolve round the three "C"s: cooking, children, and church. Hitler even introduced a medal for women who had eight or more children! The Nazis had clear ideas of what they wanted from women. For extra credit, watch the following video and click on the links below, then write a 1 page summary about what you learned from each of the following links, relating it to what we have discussed in class.
Women in the Nazi state - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/womenrev1.shtml
Women in the Third Reich - USHMM
Women in Nazi Germany interactive - http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/germany/women.html
The Role of Women in Nazi Germany - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Women_Nazi_Germany.htm
The Frauen Warte was the Nazi Party’s biweekly illustrated magazine for women. This 1934 article explains what the role of women in the Nazi state was to be. Rather than being active in politics and public life, they were to form their homes and raise their children in ways consistent with the Nazi worldview.
Extra Credit: Life in Hitler's Germany - Watch the following brief videos that describe what everyday life was like in Hitler's Germany. For extra credit, write a minimum 1 page summary about what you learned, relating it to what was discussed in class.
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