Rise of Nazi Germany

Photo Analysis

RecapYesterday we covered:

- Dictators

- Axis Powers

- League of Nations (why they failed)

Today’s Question

How did we get from children eating out of buckets to a

successful nation led by Adolf Hitler?

Before we begin, choose a leader:

1) There are three voting stations around the room.

2) After you have placed your sticky note on the board, I will

tell you who each of these people were.

You have 2 minutes to decide who you

will vote for.

Leader #1: Princess DianaBoard Biography: While she was growing up, this woman had a rocky family life. At the age of 8 her parents were divorced and long custody battles ensued. After these custody battles, she was to live with her siblings with her mother but did not get along with her stepmother. She was seen as a poor student in school and dropped out of some specialized programs. She also struggled with many psychological problems. She had two children with her husband but divorced him after 14 years when an affair damaged the relationship. She was killed in a car accident due to a reckless driver.

Truth: She was seen as a leader for her work with banning and removing landmines world-wide (actually stepping into these minefields herself and touring danger zones). She had campaigned the Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines.

Leader #2: Nelson MandelaBoard Biography: This man also faced challenges while he was growing up. Before his father died of tuberculosis when he was 9, his father went through four marriages and father 13 children in total. During his post secondary years, he began a life style of opposing his government. This man spent nearly 3 decades in prison for his political and racial beliefs. He was charged for sabotage, treason and other crimes (mostly for inciting movements against his government).

Truth: Mandela supported racial reconciliation and democracy in South Africa; he has been their President since the late 1990’s. He has received numerous awards including the Nobel Peace Prize.

Leader #3: Adolf HitlerBoard Biography: As a child, this man attended a Catholic school at a young age. He was sent to a technical school despite wanting to be an artist. He served his country during World War One and won many awards and took on dangerous missions. He became a patriot of his country and dragged his nation out of an economic depression.

Truth: Despite having chances for higher education, if he were not in a school he liked he would intentionally drop out. Hitler used the fear that Germans had; they thought they had no hope of the time of getting out of the Great Depression. His lust for power after his years in prison led to the creation of a powerful state that based itself upon the use of fear, intimidation and discrimination. This resulted in the massive amount of lives lost during the Second World War.

Photo Analysis Activity

Using the chart provided, please make notes in the “Guesses” column as you

walk around and view the images around the room, or, you can use the copy

found in your Google Drive (“Images for Rise of Hitler”).

These images tell the story of the Rise of Hitler.

You will have between 10 - 15 minutes to complete the activity.

Source #1:

Source #1: Kids having a ‘meal’, 1921

Because of the reparations

that needed to be paid in

Treaty of Versailles, Germany

was already severely

affected economically.

Barely able to feed its

people.

Source #2:

Source #2: German children playing with stacks of worthless money, 1923

Because the Germans owed

the Allies so much after

World War I, their currency

became worthless.

Germany and its people did

not have any purchasing

power.

Value of German “Marks” (Currency)

Source #3:

Source #3: Munich in the Circus Krone; This is a crowd attending one of

Hitler’s Speeches soon after he

was released in Prison, 1925

Important because after Hitler

was sent to spy on the German

Worker’s Party (Nazi), he joined

them and attempted to

overthrow the government

Source #4:

Source #4: Mob around Hitler’s car after meeting with the President; November 19th 1932

Hitler’s support among

the people was extremely

high by the 1930’s

Source #5: Hitler waves to a crowd after he is appointed Chancellor of Germany

Hitler’s popularity served him

well in politics.

He promised 6 million

unemployed Germans that he

would fix the problems caused

by the Treaty of Versailles and

the Depression.

Source #5:

Source 6: Election ResultsThe support for the Nazi party grew

rapidly, and they achieved a majority in

1933. Other parties were banned after

1933.

Hitler also eliminated political allies in

Germany in June 1934 during the “Night

of the Long Knives”.

President Hindenburg dies in August

1934; Hitler appoints himself “Fuhrer”

Source 7:

Source 7: 1933; The Nazi Party Begins to burn books with “un-German” Ideas

The Nazi Party wanted to

get rid of any ideas that

were considered ‘inferior’

or against the Nazi Party.

Source 8:

Source 8: Mackenzie King with German Officers at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin 1937

Political leaders from across the world did

not see Hitler as a threat.

Some leaders, like Prime Minister Mackenzie

King, quite liked him.

QUESTIONS:

1. What do you need to host an Olympic

Games?

2. What do you need to WIN an Olympic

Games?

Source 9: Excerpt from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s DiaryCanadians were anti-semitic

Mackenzie King was known to be anti-semitic in private and public documentation

Canada also turned away Jewish refugees during the Holocaust

Source 9:

Source 10:

Source 10: A burning Synagogue, 1938

November 9th, 1938: Kristallnacht

Jewish shops, temples, homes

destroyed by Hitler youth, soldiers

Murder of a Nazi official by a Jewish

man was the spark

Jewish people were then taken to

Ghettos and wore Star of David (begins

in 1939)

Source 11:

Source 11: Summer 1939 - An Assembly Line of German Planes

Building planes (and other military

hardware) was a violation against the

Treaty of Versailles.

Re-building the military gave jobs to

the German people.

Stopped paying reparations in 1933

Source 12:

Source 12: Invasion of Poland (September 1st, 1939)

Poland was hit with a combination

of tanks, planes, artillery, and

lightning war.

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