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Holocaust WebQuest
Introduction
The Holocaust was a terrible and tragic time in modern history during which
millions of people were systematically destroyed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi
regime. These people were targeted by because of their beliefs, background,
heritage, and/or their lifestyle. Knowing background information about the
Holocaust will help our understanding of Night
by Elie Wiesel, which we’ll be
reading during Term 2.
The Task
You will research a specific topic to build background knowledge for the
memoir,
Night
. Use the information to create a Sway presentation for your
peers.
The Sway will help your peers better understand the events and people that
led to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism.
You will also discover what exactly the Holocaust was and those whom it
affected, then and now.
Directions:
Use the
PHS databases
and other reputable
webpages
from the
Internet to research your topic
Thoroughly read your sources and fully answer the questions.
o
Research is a lot of reading and a little bit of writing.
Your
goal is to become an expert on your topic.
Evaluation
You will be graded on quality and completeness of the
information
on your
topic (60 pts),
creativity
of the Sway (20 pts), and clear
organization
of
your Sway (20pts).
Conclusion
As a result of your research into Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the
Holocaust, you have reviewed a large amount of information relating to the
Holocaust and the time period surrounding it.
It is important to learn about atrocities like the Holocaust and to educate
those who come after us so that we do not repeat the mistakes of past
generations. Completing this research is a step in that direction.
Topic 3: Adolf’s Rise to Power
What characteristics and talents made
Adolf Hitler
a
popular
leader
?
Who did he attack in his
speeches
?
1.
He gave the people of Germany hope and told them that they would not let people sabotage
Germany like they did at the end of world war 1.
2.
Hitler was a popular leader because he had a strong will and would back down to no one.
3.
Hitler had a strong vision of the future of Germany and pushed to execute it to become a
perfect society.
4.
Adolf ran the country as a dictatorship so that things would get done and they could make
decisions easily and so he could do anything in his power to take over the world and create a
perfect society
5.
In his speeches Adolf attacked the Jews and the disabled, saying he would wipe them out.
Source:
Fritzsche, Peter. "No Hitler, No Holocaust."
The New York Times Book Review
, 30 Aug.
2020, p. 14(L).
Gale OneFile: News
,
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A633916308/GPS?
u=j020908001&sid=GPS&xid=a336c068
. Accessed 12 Oct. 2020.
How did Adolf
Hitler
gain
control
of the German
military
? (Transfer of
Power)
At first, Hitler was just a dictator and had his generals do the commanding for him. After the
soviets built a wall so they could not capture anymore land, the general decided to retreat
which mad the army that looked invincible, now look weak. So, Hitler relieved that general of
his duty then he promoted another person to general, but that was short lived after that
general started losing territory that they had already taken over. After that, Hitler promoted
one last general, but that was short lived because he was not aggressive enough and tried to
play it too strategic. So, Hitler decided that on one would ever meet his standards, so he
declared himself as the commander and chief so that he would not have to deal with another
general doing something wrong.
Source: “Hitler Takes Command of the German Army.”
History.com
, A&E Television
Networks, 5 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-takes-command-of-
the-german-army.
Nazi Propaganda
Define
Propaganda:
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to
help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
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Source: “Propaganda.”
Dictionary.com
, Dictionary.com,
www.dictionary.com/browse/propaganda.
What messages did
Nazi propaganda
communicate? What type of media
did the
Nazis
use to
distribute
their
propaganda
? (Gale: World History
database)
1.
Nazi propaganda communicated ideas of
Anti-Semitism
2.
Film-
A Department of Film was set up in 1933 with the expressed aim of “spreading the
National Socialist world view to the entire German people
3.
Radio-
He initiated a scheme whereby the German government subsidized the production and
sale of cheap radio sets – the Volksempfanger, or ‘people’s receiver’ – limited in range to local
German and Austrian stations. This placed the party’s voice in every home in the country
4.
Posters-
Both at home and in occupied territory, posters were a powerful means to simply
communicate the main Nazi policies, through simplified and metaphorical imagery
5.
Newspaper-
Published by Julius Streicher, its tabloid style, rabid anti-Semitism and obscene
content won it favor with other party officials. Hitler himself praised its effectiveness in speaking
to the ‘man on the street’ and was said to ‘read it with pleasure, from first page to last.’
Source:
Kaplan, Thomas Pegelow. "The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and
the Holocaust."
Canadian Journal of History
, vol. 42, no. 1, 2007, p. 131+.
Gale In Context: World
History
,
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A167511292/WHIC?
u=j020908001&sid=WHIC&xid=2572ab40
. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020.
Find two or more
Nazi propaganda posters
. (Copy/paste the image
below)
Describe the intended message of each poster.
1
2
3
1)
Poster for the German film Jud Süss, 1940. During World War II, the line between popular culture
and propaganda became indistinguishable. Produced under the supervision
of
Nazi
propaganda
minister Joseph Goebbels, Jud Süss was a horrifically anti-Semitic film that gained
wide popularity in Germany.
2)
A crowd of people read the displayed information at
the
Nazi
propaganda
exhibition in Munich,
Germany, in 1937.
3) A still from Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1936), depicting the
Nuremberg rallies of 1934. At these rallies thousands of Hitler Youth, along with members of other
Nazi Party organizations, had the opportunity to see and hear their leader in person. The Kobal
Collection.
Sour
source:
-"A still from Leni Riefenstahls Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1936), depicting the..."
Encyclopedia of
Children and Childhood: In History and Society
, edited by Paula S. Fass, vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA,
2004.
Gale In Context: World
History
, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3402887050/WHIC?u=j020908001&sid=WHIC&xid=667a71f4. Accessed 14
Oct. 2020.
-"Poster for the German film Jud Süss, 1940. During World War II, the line between popular culture and..."
Europe
Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction
, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 5,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
Gale In Context: World
History
,
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3447087771/WHIC?u=j020908001&sid=WHIC&xid=c545497c
.
Accessed 14 Oct. 2020.
- "A crowd of people read the displayed information at the Nazi propaganda exhibition in Munich,..."
Encyclopedia
of Espionage, Intelligence and Security
, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, vol. 2, Gale,
2004.
Gale In Context: World History
,
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3403387861/WHIC?
u=j020908001&sid=WHIC&xid=6e58ebda
. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020.
How did the posters portray Nazis?
Jewish individuals? Why might people
believe the posters?
The posters portrayed the Nazi’s as the good guys that are fighting for better, while the posters are
also portraying that the Jews are the enemies and that they want to destroy all good we have left in
the world. People will start to believe the posters because that is all they are hearing and seeing
anymore, every time they listen to the radio it talks about the Nazis being good and the Jews being
bad. Even in movies and news papers it is saying the same exact thing, and eventually the mind will
start to believe what it is hearing because it is being said so repetitively.
Source:
Kaplan, Thomas Pegelow. "The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and
the Holocaust."
Canadian Journal of History
, vol. 42, no. 1, 2007, p. 131+.
Gale In Context: World
History
,
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A167511292/WHIC?
u=j020908001&sid=WHIC&xid=2572ab40
. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020.