1. Unit 8: World War II
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2. Hitler’s Anti-Semitism
Hatred & persecution of Jew was not new
Grew up in Vienna, Austria
Mayor was extremely anti-Semitic; hatred of Jews was widespread
Believed the “Aryan race” to be superior to all others

3. Hitler’s Anti-Semitism
Germany loses the war
Hitler believes Jews betrayed Germany
No other reason why the German Empire should have lost
Economic struggles
Hitler believed Jews behind economic problems

4. Joseph Goebbels Minister of Propaganda Designed posters
Published articles
Incited street violence
Led boycott of Jewish businesses
Led book burnings

5. Definitions
Persuade: to convince a person to do something, as by advertising or urging
synonyms: influence, entice, impel
Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

6. Poster by Felix Albrecht. The text on the poster reads: “Men. Women
Poster by Felix Albrecht. The text on the poster reads: “Men! Women! Millions of men without work. Millions of children without a future. Save the German family. Vote for Adolf Hitler!"

7. Front page of the most popular issue ever of the Nazi publication, Der Stürmer, with a reprint of a medieval depiction of a purported ritual murder committed by Jews.

8. "Our Last Hope—Hitler," In the presidential elections of 1932, Nazi propagandists appealed to Germans left unemployed and destitute by the Great Depression with an offer of a savior.

9. Definitions
Scapegoat: A person/group who is blamed for the mistakes, faults, or problems of others

10. Warns of a Jewish program for world domination
Warns of a Jewish program for world domination. The article, titled "Who is the Enemy?" blames Jews for destroying social order and claims that Jews want war, while the rest of the world wants peace.

11. A page of an anti-semitic coloring book for children with a “portrait” of a Jew drawn by the German caricaturist known as Fips. The caption under the star reads: "Without a solution to the Jewish question, there will be no salvation for mankind."

12. Poster for a pseudo-documentary, it included scenes of Jews shot in the Warsaw and Lodz ghettos by propaganda company crews attached to the German military.

13. An anti-semitic poster published in Poland in March 1941
An anti-semitic poster published in Poland in March The caption reads, "Jews are lice; They cause typhus."

14. Hitler: Rise of Evil Harfstaengls invite Hitler to a dinner party
Hitler takes control of the National Socialist Party (Nazis)
1923 attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic (Germany’s govt)