What is Hate?

Hate, Anti-Semitism, & Propaganda in the Holocaust

What do these symbols have in common?

Think about… Why do people dislike, mistrust, or even hate people who are viewed as different? Where does hatred of people who are different than us come from? What is your definition/understanding of the following terms? Racism Anti-Semitism Stereotype Intolerance Prejudice Propaganda

In your groups: Read through the timeline events and answer the questions on your worksheet. Be prepared to “teach” your events to the class. As your classmates are teaching their events, fill in the chart on the back of your worksheet.

“These symbols are meant to inspire a sense of fear and insecurity “These symbols are meant to inspire a sense of fear and insecurity. [They] give haters a sense of power and belonging, and a quick way of identifying with others who share their ideology.”

What message do you think this drawing is trying to convey? What do you see here? What message do you think this drawing is trying to convey? Caption translation: “The Jewish Nose is Wide at the End and Looks like the Number Six.” Source: http://www1.yadvashem.org/education/lessonplan/english/antisemitism/antisemitism.htm  

Caption: Education Class at a School for German Girls, 1943 Source: http://www1.yadvashem.org/Odot/prog/image_into.asp?id=2604&lang=EN&type_id=2&addr=/IMAGE_TYPE/2604.JPG

Sample Math Problem from a German Textbook: The Jews are aliens in Germany. In 1933 there were 66,060,000 inhabitants in the German Reich, of whom 499,682 were Jews. What is the percent of aliens?

A Page from a Children's Anti-Semitic Booklet Called ''Beware of the Fox'' http://www1.yadvashem.org/Odot/prog/image_into.asp?id=4758&lang=EN&type_id=7&addr=/IMAGE_TYPE/4758.JPG

Exploring Propaganda In your groups, rotate around the room and study each image. Discuss: What message does this image send? Who do you think the intended audience was? What do you think its purpose was? What stereotypes or anti-Semitic messages do you identify in this image? What might we learn about society based on this image?  

Nazi propaganda poster, “The Eternal Jew”. Source: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm

Source: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm

Source: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm

Source: Game Pieces from an Antisemitic Game Called: Jews Out http://www1.yadvashem.org/Odot/prog/image_into.asp?id=4669&lang=EN&type_id=7&addr=/IMAGE_TYPE/4669.JPG  

Caption: "Long live Germany!." http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm

Life is not worth living When one does not resist the parasite, Caption: Life is not worth living When one does not resist the parasite, Never satisfied as it creeps about. We must and will win. September 1944