You will learn to … Examine life in Nazi Germany Explore the Nature of History
Sources for Nazi Germany Written
Newspaper reports of the time; Biographies of Hitler; Diary of Anne Frank
Visual Nazi posters
(p. 289); Photographs of leaders (p. 284);
Triumph of the Will – Nazi documentary on the Nuremberg Rally (p. 287)
Nuremberg Rally filmed by Leni Riefenstahl as Triumph of the Will
Night of the Long Knives Hitler as Der Führer
1934
Berlin Olympics 1936
World War II began 1939
Aural
The music of Richard Wagner
Oral
Interview of Tomi Reichental
Tactile
Artefacts of Nazi Germany; Nazi sculptures; Ruins of Nuremberg Rally grounds
Life in Nazi Germany
L.O. 3.9: Examine life in one fascist country in the 20th century.
Chronological awareness
1933
Hitler became Chancellor (prime minister) of Germany
Enabling Act passed – rule by decree
The swastika, symbol of Nazi Germany What Was Fascism?
In the years between the two world wars – from 1919 to 1939 – many European countries became dictatorships.
Mussolini’s rule in Italy and Hitler’s in Germany are examples of fascist dictatorships in Europe in the interwar years (between World War I and World War II).
Fascism was very popular in these countries in the 1920s and 1930s. 282