Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ___________
Holocaust Background Notes: Historical Concepts
Day Two:
HITLER (slides 10-11)
After ___________________, Germany had to give up ___________ and their
___________________________. Germans elected (full name) ________________________
(Nazi party) as ____________________ in __________. Hitler promised to make Germany a
great country again.
He was the absolute ruler of Germany from __________ until ___________. Do the
math…how many years did he rule? ______ Hitler was responsible for Germany’s
________________ and for the _______________ placed on ________. He was also
responsible for the treatment of Jews in the “____________________.”
Totalitarian State (slides 12-16)
Totalitarianism is ________________________________________________________.
It __________________ individual rights. It demonstrates a policy of _________________.
In a totalitarian state, ___________________________ and ___________________
dominate. ______________________________________ maintains total control over the
culture. The government is capable of __________________________. During this time in
Germany, the Nazis passed laws which ___________________: including the
__________________________.
These laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship. They were prohibited from
_____________ or having sexual relations with persons of “_____________ or related blood.”
Jews, like all other German citizens, were required to carry ___________________, but
their cards were stamped with a red “___.” This allowed police to easily identify them.
The Nazis used ___________________ to promote their ____________________ ideas.
One such example was the children’s book, “The Poisonous Mushroom”.
Persecution (slides 17-19)
The Nazi plan for dealing with the “Jewish Question” evolved in three steps:
1. __________________: Get them out of Germany
2. __________________: Put them all together in one place (ghettos & camps).
3. “_________________”: annihilation/ death
Nazis targeted other individuals and groups in addition to the Jews:
 ____________________ (Sinti and Roma)
 ____________________ (and women)
 ____________________
 ____________________ Germans
 ____________ (Polish people)
 ____________________ (nonconformists)
“____________________” was the “Night of Broken Glass” on _________________.
Germans attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses.
U.S. and World Response (21-23)
The ___________________________ took place in the summer of ________ in Evian,
France. How many countries met to discuss what to do about the Jewish refugees who were
trying to leave Germany and Austria? ________ Despite voicing feelings of sympathy, most
countries made __________ for not accepting more refugees. Did they help? _____________
Some American congressmen proposed the _________________________, which
offered to let _______________ endangered ________________________________ into the
country, but the bill _________________________________.