a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful

a situation in which people refuse to buy, use or do something because they do not approve of it

hate directed at Jewish people, or cruel or unfair treatment of people because they are Jewish

the status of being a legal member of a country and having rights and responsibilities because of it

an act of organised cruel behaviour or killing that is done to a large group of people because of their race or religion

The persecution of Jews

History

The First World War and the German Revolution

The Weimar Republic

Early unrest and the Treaty of Versailles

Threats to the Weimar Republic from the left and the right

1923, the Ruhr and hyperinflation

Economic recovery under Stresemann

Stresemann's international achievements

Social and economic change 1924-29

Weimar culture 1924-29

The early development of the NSDAP

The Munich Putsch

The NSDAP's 'lean years'

The growth of unemployment and rise in support for the Communist Party

The growth in support for the Nazi Party

How Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act

Hitler's creation of a dictatorship

Nazi control of the police and the legal system

The Nazi Party and religion

Goebbels and propaganda in Nazi Germany

Opposition and resistance in Nazi Germany

Women in Nazi Germany

Young people in Nazi Germany

Employment in Nazi Germany

Work and life in Nazi Germany

Nazi racial ideology and the treatment of minorities

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

they believed the boycott had already succeeded

they feared legal consequences from Germany’s courts

they were worried about negative foreign reaction and economic harm

Why did the Nazis back down after the April 1933 boycott?

The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 stripped Jews of their {{}} and banned marriage between Jews and ‘Aryans’.

Discrimination unfolded slowly and seemed like it might stop.

Hitler avoided making any antisemitic statements publicly.

There was no antisemitism in Nazi propaganda.

Why was the Nazi persecution of Jews difficult to predict in the early 1930s?

allowed Jewish victims to claim insurance

fined the Jewish community 1 billion Reichsmarks

encouraged Jews to take revenge on SS officers

Which of the following were actions taken by the Nazi regime after Kristallnacht?

The Nazis built on deep-rooted {{}} beliefs, turning them into official state policy to justify persecution.

to recruit Jewish workers for the war effort

What was the goal of the Reich Centre for Jewish Emigration, created in January 1939?

to build a racially pure national community

What was the main goal of Nazi racial ideology?

to improve society through selective reproduction based on genetics

to improve the population through selective reproduction based on race

a medical operation to make it impossible to have children

Match each Nazi belief to its correct description.

The Nazis believed that {{}} were racially inferior and only fit to be used as enslaved people for Germans.

Homosexuals were seen as racially inferior members of the sub-human class.

Humanity was divided into a racial hierarchy with sub-humans at the bottom.

Nazis believed that Germans were facing a deadly threat to their racial health.

Which of the following statements reflect Nazi racial beliefs as described by Hitler and the Nazi Party?

The Nazis sent Roma and Sinti people to {{}} camps before later deporting them.

What does the Nazi term 'untermensch' mean?

The persecution of Jews

Lesson outcome

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