Nazism andImages of Hitler’s

Final SolutionLife During WWII

What is a Nazi? National Socialist German Worker’s Party(Nazi for short)German worker’s party who rose to power in

1921Hitler used the party to try and take over the

government in 1923 but was captured and sentenced to prison. This is where he wrote Mein Kampf

Rise of the Nazis When Hitler got out he organized the party to over

800,000 members and took over the Reischstag (German Parliament) as Chancellor

Hitler soon gained control over the country and passed the Enabling Act.

This act allowed Hitler to do whatever he wanted for 4 years regardless of the Constitution.-(Kind of disbanded Reischstag)

This began his reign of terror Created the Schutzstaffeln (SS) which was a

fierce police force that enforced Hitler’s laws of hate. (Formerly Storm Troopers)

This group was controlled by Hitler’s personal body guard Heinrich Himmler. Very brutal tactics to get things done.

Hitler enacted Nuremberg Laws which forbade Jews from citizenship and marriage and forced them to wear identification.

Hitler’s Master Plan The Final Solution- name given to Hitler’s

plan to rid Europe of all Jewish people He carried out this plan by: 1. Determining who was Jewish. (Census) 2. Rounding the Jews up for deportation

(Einstein) 3. Collecting the Jews in prisons & camps 4. Eradicating the Jews (killing them!)

3rd Reich Hitler believed that Germany had been

through two great stages (reichs) so he was determined that his reign would be the 3rd one and his legacy would last 1000 years.

Labels

Yellow meant you were a Jew Brown meant you were a Gypsy Purple meant you were a BibleResearcher Pink meant you were Homosexual Green mean you were a habitual criminal Red meant you were a political prisoner Black meant you were an asocial or retarded Blue meant you were an emigrant A target meant you had escaped before.

Concentration Camps Camps where Jews were collected to keep them

segregated from the rest of society. Some were forced to do slave labor. Others were

eliminated immediately (sick, old, young, etc.) Some were subjected to horrific scientific

experimentation. Camps were located on the railroad lines for easy

transportation in & out.

Who were the Hidden Children? Jewish children whose parents hid them

with non-Jewish families, in orphanages, or simply made them take on new identities to avoid being sent to the concentration camps.

Many never saw their families again after the war but survived due to the sacrifice of their parents.