Life in Nazi Germany

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Life in Nazi Germany

• S4 project

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Topics to cover

• Intimidation and Fear
• Workers, businessmen and the economy
• Propaganda, Rallies and Militarism
• Persecution of the Jews
• Education and Youth organisations
• Opposition to the Nazis
• The church in Nazi Germany

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Intimidation and Fear

• Gestapo
• SS (Schutzstaffel)
• Concentration Camps

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Propaganda, Rallies and Militarism

• Use of Propaganda
• Goebbels
• Radio and newspapers
• Posters
• Nazi Rallies
• Olympic Games
• Militarism

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Treatment of the Jews

• Anti-Semitism
• The Master Race
• Indoctrination
• Beginning of Persecution
• Nuremberg Laws
• Kristallnacht
• Persecution to Extermination
• How did the Jews resist?

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Workers, businessmen and the economy

• Was everyone better off under the Nazis?
• Small business?
• Big business?
• Farmers?
• Unskilled workers?
• DAF, (Deutsche Arbeitsfront)
• How did Nazis tackle the economic crisis?

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German Women

• German Mothers
• Aryan Women
• Women workers

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Education and Youth Organisations

• Teaching in Nazi Germany
• Indoctrination at schools
• Education for Jews
• Youth Organisations
• Hitler Youth, (Hitler-Jugend)
• League of German Maidens, (Bund Deutscher Mädel)
• German Young People, (Deutsches Jungvolk)
• League of Young Girls, (Jungmädelbund)
• Why people joined were they forced to join?

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Opposition to the Nazis

• Why so little opposition?
• Resistance Groups
• The Edelweiss Pirates
• The Meuten
• Swing Youth
• The White Rose Group
• What happened to those who resisted?

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The Church in Nazi Germany

• How did the church feel about the Nazis?
• What did the Nazis feel about the church?
• Church opposition
• Nazi Actions concerning the Church