Life in Nazi Germany

What was life like in Nazi Germany?

Hitler Consolidates Power• 1934: Hitler takes the title Fuhrer (Supreme Leader)

• Hitler bans all other political parties

• Hitler forms the SS

– an elite black-uniformed unit that eliminated Hitler’s enemies

– led by Heinrich Himmler•Gestapo: secret branch of SS

- terrorized & shocked people

•1933: Joseph Goebbels is Minister of Propaganda

Ministry of PropagandaMinistry of Propaganda

- Children joined the Hitler Youth or League of German Girls

-Propaganda is used against the Jews & other perceived enemies of the Reich

- orders the burning of books written by Jews or anti-Nazi authors

Nazi Propaganda #1

1. Describe cover of the book and the Jewish person in the book.

2. What is the author of this book trying to teach German children?

A German children’s book titled: The Poisonous Mushroom

Nazi Propaganda #2Translation: The Jewish worm

makes his move

1. Describe the worm, what are in his eyes?

2. What is the poster trying to say?

The Nuremberg Laws• 1935: two sets of laws were passed in Germany defining race & citizenship

• 1) Protection of German Blood & Honor – 1935

• Racial categories established: German, Mischling (grade 1 & 2) and Jews

2) Reich Citizenship Law - 1935

• Article 1 – German citizens have obligations to the Reich

•The laws would forbid the marriage of Jews to non-Jews

•They also forbid the marriage of Mischlings

•Jews also couldn’t display the Reich or National Flag

• Article 2 – Only citizens of the Reich have complete rights

Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”• 1938: Nazi leaders launch an attack against all Jews

• Goebbels authorizes the attacks, Himmler & SS carry out the attacks

• The SS attack Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues• Homes are burned and thousands of Jews are arrested

• Nazis want to eliminate Jews from Germany

• Nazis begin to experiment with poison gas, first on disabled citizens and eventually on Jews