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German Chancellor Became the Fuhrer

(dictator) Nazi Party Leader Wrote Mein Kampf (My

Struggle) Motivational speaker Believed in the

superiority of German people

Second to Hitler in power Created/leader of the

Gestapo Head of military and

economics of the Third Reich

Initially, Hitler chose Goering to succeed

Hitler accuses him of treason

Captured by American forces

Poisoned self before Allies could prosecute

Chief of Nazi Propaganda Department

Controlled all newspapers and radio

“If you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it.”

Doctorate in Literature and Philosophy

Responsible for getting German people to support Hitler

Engineer “Master of Death” Responsible for

organizing and implementing the Final Solution

Escaped to Argentina; Executed in 1962

The Nazi Hunters

Leader of the Gestapo

Most ruthless of German officials

Designed mass murder methods

Designed Auschwitz

Known as “the Hangman”

Head of Security Services and administrator of the concentration camps

1942: Chosen to administer the Final Solution

May, 1942: Assassinated by Czech resistance in Prague

“Angel of Death” SS doctor at

Auschwitz Wanted to create a

pure Aryan race Medical experiments

conducted on prisoners: twins, serum, pressure chambers, ice cold water, surgery

FascismFascismGovernment headed by a dictator

Extreme nationalism: dictator has total control of people and their loyalty; controls all areas of the citizens’ lives

Restores pride in country

Allows persecution of any people

Seen in Italy, Spain, Japan, Germany

Often blames problems of country on one group of citizens

Definitions

AntisemitiAntisemitismsm

• Prejudice against Jews

• Discrimination or persecution of Jews

Final SolutionFinal Solution• Nazi term for their plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe

GenocideGenocide• The systematic murder of a whole race or nation.

HolocaustHolocaust • Greek translation of a word used in Genesis; means “total burning”.

• Holocaust is the murder of Jews between 1933-1945.

GhettoGhetto

SSSS

GestapGestapoo

A part of a city in which Jews were forced to live

Schutzstaffel: Known as the Black Shirts. Part of the Gestapo, they ran the camps.

Geheime Staatspolizei: Secret State Police. Created to monitor and punish any political opposition. Example of abusing power.

ScapegoScapegoatat

SwastikSwastikaa

• Innocent people blamed for other people’s troubles

• An old religious symbol from India, Persia, and Greece to ward off evil spirits; adopted by the Nazis as their party symbol.

• Hitler corrupted its meaning to symbolize the Aryan racial superiority.