1. The Jews of Europe Chapter 3

2. PART I: A HISTORY OF ANTI- SEMITISM

3. NOTE: Any time you see NIB next to something, it means “Not in book”

4. A. Deep-seeded prejudices 1.“Christkillers” (NIB) 2.Martin Luther 3.General stereotypes 4.Origins of the yellow start (partial NIB)

5. B. The German Volk (“people”) 1.Das Volk 2.Common history/race 3.Bloodlines? 4.1873 5.Publications (NIB)

6. C. Hitler: 1889-1919 1.1889 2.Vienna 3.1914: World War I 4.1918: Armistice/“scapegoat”

7. D. Adolf Hitler: 1919-1933 1.Treaty of Versailles impact 2.German response 3.Hitler the “motivational speaker” 4.German Workers’ Party 5.National Socialist German Workers’ Party

8. D. Adolf Hitler: 1919-1933 (cont.) 6. 1923: Beer Hall Putsch (NIB) 7. Prison 8. 1924-1929: Nazi decline? 9. 1929: Stock Market Crash 10. 1930 & 1932 elections 11. January 30, 1933

9. E. Hitler’s Personal Appeal (NIB) 1.Youth 2.Promises 3.Great nation! 4.Scapegoat

10. PART II: HITLER IN POWER (THE PRE-WAR YEARS)

11. A. Top Nazi Officials/ Notorious Figures 1.Herman Goring 2.Heinrich Himmler 3.Joseph Goebbels 4.Reinhard Heydrich

12. A. Top Nazi Officials/ Notorious Figures (cont.) 5. Rudolf Hess 6. Adolf Eichmann 7. Joseph Mengele

13. B. Laws, decrees, etc. 1.Dachau (1933) 2.Boycott (April 1, 1933)  NIB 3.May 1933  NIB

14. B. Laws, decrees, etc. (cont.) 4. Nuremburg Laws: general 5. “Law Against the Overcrowding of German Schools & Institutions of Higher Learning” 6. “Law for the Protection of German blood and honor” (NIB)

15. B. Laws, decrees, etc. 7. Reich Chamber of Culture 8. “Law for Terminating the Suffering of the People and Nation” (NIB) 9. “Law for the Protection of the People and the State” (NIB) 10. Reich Citizen Law

16. C. Kristallnacht 1.Dates 2.Cause 3.Statistics 4.Aftermath 5.Why did the Jews stay??

17. PART III: NAZI GERMANY (WORLD WAR II)

18. A. World War II: Germany’s on a roll! 1.September 1, 1939 (#1) 2.Poland (#1, #9) 3.Conquerors (#2) 4.1941 (#4) 5.What to do w/millions of Jews? (#5)

19. B. “The Jewish Question” 1.The Jews of Europe 2.Eastern Europe (#8) 3.Sept 1. 1939 (#8)

20. B. “The Jewish Question” (cont.) 4.Life in the ghettos Jewish Councils & Jewish Police (NIB) Food, meds, shelter (somewhat NIB) Lodz (NIB) Warsaw (NIB) Life as usual The next step

21. C. The Killing Units (#3) 1.See charts from Other book (Chapter 4)

22. D. The Final Solution 1. January 20, 1942 – Wannsee Conference (#9) 2. Taking ques from Operation T4 (#s6 & 7) 3. Six camps: Treblinka, Sobibor, Majdanec, Belzec, Chelmo & Birkenau (Auschwitz) (#s6 & 7)

23. E. The Role of Deception 1. Western Jews vs. Eastern Jews (somewhat NIB) (#10) 2.“resettlement in the east” (somewhat NIB) 3.Treblinka’s complexity (#s11 & 12)

24. F. Arrival at the Camps 1.Immediate “selection” (#8B) 2.Carbon Monoxide & Zyclon B (#10B) 3.Sonderkommandos (#13)

25. G. Life in the Camps 1.Living in fear 2.Roll call (somewhat NIB) 3.Richard Glazar’s story (#1B) 4.Work Jews (#2B) 5.Franz Stangle (#s3 & 4B) – Blau – Why genocide occurred

26. H. The Gas Chambers 1.Auschwitz (#6B) 2.Arbeit Macht Frei (#7B) 3.Left vs. right (#8B) 4.Those unfit to work (NIB) (#9) 5.Crematoriums (#11)

27. PART IV: THE COMING END

28. A. Liberation 1.Spring 1945 2.“death marches” 3.Abandoned prisoners 4.April 30, 1945 (NIB) 5.May 7, 1945 (NIB)

29. PART V: REFLECTIONS ON RESPONSES