G9: Maus and Nazi Germany: Nazi Germany

Hitler believed that Germans were born to rule over other peoples.

Before embarking on a political career in September 1919 at the age of thirty, Adolf Hitler had been a nonentity.

Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933. His rise to power was the result of many factors: the impact of the Depression, the weaknesses of Weimar democracy and the strengths of the Nazi party.

How did Adolf Hitler seize control of Germany by 1934?

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party—also known as the Nazi Party—was the far-right racist and antisemitic political party led by Adolf Hitler.

Under Hitler’s leadership the Nazi party quickly developed a 25-Point Programme

series of guides

Get a glimpse into the daily lives of children in Nazi Germany, and consider how the Nazis “educated” Germany’s youth.

Following their rise to power in 1933, Hitler and the Nazi Party started to infiltrate almost all aspects of everyday life in Germany.

The term refers to the Nazis' plan to engage in systematic genocide against the European Jewish population during World War II.

At the end of 1941, Hitler demanded an “aggressive policy” to rid Germany of the Jews.

from the National Holocaust Museum

Young people were very important to the Nazis. To this end, Hitler set about influencing children both inside and outside school.

from the Holocaust Encyclopedia

It was through the youth organisations that Hitler sought to build the new Germans for the future.

First-hand accounts of being in the Hitler Youth.

The concept of Lebensraum—or “living space”—served as a critical component in the Nazi worldview

Adding living space was believed to strengthen Germany by helping solve internal problems and make it militarily stronger.

from the New World Encyclopedia

The largest of its kind, the Auschwitz camp complex was essential to carrying out the Nazi plan for the "Final Solution.

How they identified prisoners

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