People. Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent.
Why the Aryan Law? Why the Aryan Law?
A Contribution to the Jewish Question by Dr. E. H. Schulz and Dr. German Aryan Stock Photos & German Aryan Stock Images - Alamy. Hitler's Germany: Restricting Jewish Freedom (1933-1939) timeline. What were Hitler's ideas? - Key Stage 3 - The Holocaust Explained. Nuremberg Laws. The Nuremberg Race Laws. At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology.
The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood. " Ancillary ordinances to the laws disenfranchised Jews and deprived them of most political rights. The Nuremberg Laws, as they became known, did not define a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs. Instead, anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual identified himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community. History - World Wars: Nazi Propaganda. Propaganda (Abridged Article) Illustration from a German antisemitic children's book titled "Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on his Oath" (translation from German).
The headlines depicted in the image say "Jews are our misfortune" and "How the Jew cheats. " Germany, 1936. Nazi Posters: 1933-1939. Background: This is a collection of Nazi posters from 1933-39.
Posters from 1939-1945 are on another page. Many are taken from photographs made by Dr. Robert D. History - World Wars: Nazi Propaganda. Propaganda in Nazi Germany. Propaganda within Nazi Germany was taken to a new and frequently perverse level.
Hitler was very aware of the value of good propaganda and he appointed Joseph Goebbels as head of propaganda. Propaganda is the art of persuasion – persuading others that your ‘side of the story’ is correct. Propaganda might take the form of persuading others that your military might is too great to be challenged; that your political might within a nation is too great or popular to challenge etc. Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945) Nazi Propaganda: 1933-1945 Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany.
This page is a collection of English translations of National Socialist propaganda for the period 1933-1945, part of a larger site on German propaganda. The goal is to help people understand the great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century by giving them access to primary material. The archive is substantial. If you are looking for something specific, try the search function. Nazi Propaganda. "Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people...
Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea. " Adolf Hitler wrote these words in his book Mein Kampf (1926), in which he first advocated the use of propaganda to spread the ideals of National Socialism—among them racism, antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Hitler established a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Joseph Goebbels.
The Ministry's aim was to ensure that the Nazi message was successfully communicated through art, music, theater, films, books, radio, educational materials, and the press. There were several audiences for Nazi propaganda. Real and perceived discrimination against ethnic Germans in east European nations which had gained territory at Germany's expense following World War I, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland, was the subject of Nazi propaganda.
Indoctrinating Youth. Shaping the Future: Indoctrinating Youth “These boys and girls enter our organizations [at] ten years of age, and often for the first time get a little fresh air; after four years of the Young Folk they go on to the Hitler Youth, where we have them for another four years . . .
And even if they are still not complete National Socialists, they go to Labor Service and are smoothed out there for another six, seven months . . . And whatever class consciousness or social status might still be left . . . the Wehrmacht [German armed forces] will take care of that.” —Adolf Hitler (1938) Nazi Education. Education played a very important part in Nazi Germany in trying to cultivate a loyal following for Hitler and the Nazis.
The Nazis were aware that education would create loyal Nazis by the time they reached adulthood. TheHitler Youth had been created for post-school activities and schools were to play a critical part in developing a loyal following for Hitler – indoctrination and the use of propaganda were to be a common practice in Nazi schools and the education system. Enforcing a Nazi curriculum on schools depended on the teachers delivering it. All teachers had to be vetted by local Nazi officials. Hitler Youth. The Hitler Youth, known in German as Hitler-Jugend (HJ), was founded in 1926, though its roots stretch back a few years.
Its origins come from the Jungsturm Adolf Hitler (Adolf Hitler Boy’s Storm Troop), an arm of the storm troopers founded in 1922. It was originally the youth movement of the German Workers’ Party, founded in 1919, which, in 1920, Hitler renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. The Jungsturm Adolf Hitler collapsed in 1923 with the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch and Hitler’s imprisonment. A number of youth groups were then founded to try to fill the gap. Hitler Youth Movement. The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of Hitler’s belief that the future ofNazi Germany was its children. The Hitler Youth was seen as being as important to a child as school was. The National Holocaust Centre and Museum. Sources ALEX Historische Rechts- und Gesetzestexte Online, (2011). Available at: [accessed 22/01/16].
British Pathe (2016) German Youth – Physical Training [Online] Available at: Dearn, A. (2006) The Hitler Youth 1933-1945,Oxford: Osprey. Denis-Lepage, J. (2008) Hitler Youth, 1922-1945, London: Macfarlene. Donath, Matthias (2007) Architektur in München 1933-1945: ein Stadtführer Berlin: Lukas Verlag. Imperial War Museum (2016). Hitler Youth: Chapter Index. The Hitler Youth - Anne Frank Guide. The Burning of the Books. Book Burning. Book burning has a long and dark history. Book burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Kristallnacht. A NATIONWIDE POGROM Kristallnacht, literally, "Night of Crystal," is often referred to as the "Night of Broken Glass. " The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938.
This wave of violence took place throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops. Kristallnacht. Alternative Titles: Crystal Night, Night of Broken Glass, Night of Crystal, November Pogroms Kristallnacht, (German: “Crystal Night”), also called Night of Broken Glass or November Pogroms, the night of November 9–10, 1938, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. Background & Overview of Kristallnacht. Among the deportees was Zindel Grynszpan, who had been born in western Poland and had moved to Hanover, where he established a small store, in 1911.
On the night of October 27, Zindel Grynszpan and his family were forced out of their home by German police. His store and the family's possessions were confiscated and they were forced to move over the Polish border. Zindel Grynszpan's seventeen-year-old son, Herschel, was living with an uncle in Paris. When he received news of his family's expulsion, he went to the German embassy in Paris on November 7, intending to assassinate the German Ambassador to France. History - World War Two: Summary Outline of Key Events. World war 11 timelines. The Yellow Star. Jewish Badge: During the Nazi Era. Summary: Historical origins of the Jewish badge Over the course of more than ten centuries, Muslim caliphs, medieval bishops, and, eventually, Nazi leaders used an identifying badge to mark Jews. Decrees ordering identifying badges were rarely isolated acts.
Photographs & Overview of Jewish Badges in the Holocaust. In November 1939, one year after Kristallnacht, the Nazi government followed the recommendation of leader Reinhard Heydrich and first introduced mandatory ID badges for Jews in Poland. It was announced that "severe punishment is in store for Jews who do not wear the yellow badgeon back and front. " DEATH WAS IN THE STARS – The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program – Medium. Ghettos. Personal Histories.
Daily Life in the Ghettos. Ghettos during the Holocaust. Ghettos in Poland. Millions of Jews lived in eastern Europe. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, more than two million Polish Jews came under German control. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, several million more Jews came under Nazi rule. Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto - The Holocaust.
Lodz. Work within Lodz Ghetto - Key Stage 3 - The Holocaust Explained. Ghettos: the struggle to live. Explore by Camps & Ghettos : Voices of the Holocaust Project. Holocaust Survivors: Encyclopedia - "Judenrat" Judenräte and Other Representative Bodies. German history. "Final Solution": Overview. "Final Solution" The Final Solution - The Holocaust. Jewish Holocaust Centre - The Final Solution. Final Solution (Abridged Article) The Final Solution - Key Stage 3 - The Holocaust Explained. Liberation of Nazi Camps (Abridged Article) Liberation of Nazi Camps. Liberation. Concentration Camp Liberation Video - The Holocaust.