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how did hitler promise to restore germany

End unemployment: Promised jobs and prosperity in a time of mass unemployment and poverty, Promised to make Germany great again—militarily, economically, and politically , blame weimar gov

holocast enclopedia

people were kept away from knowing certain things that made germany seem bad (not learning history ). germans were not allowed to be friends with jewish people (brainwashed from the hitler youth camp ) (turned their back on friends )

how did hitler express his anti semitism

He described Jews as destroying the German race and culture. The root of all Germany’s problems, including capitalism, communism, and moral decay, Germany’s loss in WWI, Economic crises (like the Great Depression), He described Jews as, International conspirators” , “Infectious disease” , A threat to the Aryan race, which Nazis saw as superior, racial enemy.

how did Hitler translate his antisemitic ideas into action

Stripped Jews of German citizenship, Banned marriage/sexual relations between Jews and “Aryans.”, Jewish businesses were boycotted, ews were banned from certain jobs (teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists) , Children were taught antisemitic ideas in schools ( to hate jews and how to identify a jew ) , the Nazi regime used massive propaganda campaigns to spread antisemitism, Posters depicted Jews as rats, snakes, or disease, forced to wear armbands clearly stating their a jew

what was the Nuremberg Laws

The law for the protection of German blood, German honour, and German citizenship. Prohibited marriage and sexual relationships between Germans and jews as a German and jew being together undermined the purity of the German race. , and only people of German blood can be citizens

what was the final solution

to murder every single jew and everything jewish , (final part in the holocaust )

conditions in the ghettos

lack of medical facilities, limited transportation, lack of food, overcrowding, insufficient housing, forced labour

what was the purpose of the ghettos

intended to physically and socially seperate jews ,making it easier to control , exploit and eliminate them

closed ghettos

closed of by walls of fences or barbed wire . Heavily overcrowded, with very little food, water, medical care and starvation

open ghettos

no walls ot fences but there were restrictions on entering and leaving

destruction ghettos

• Very short-lived ghettos — often existed for only a few weeks or months. Created to gather Jews quickly before mass shootings or deportation to death camps.

mothers in ghettos

forced to take up the role of a nurse without any knowledge , cook for jews with limited suplies

bystander in the holocaust

were individuals or groups who witnessed the violence to jews but chose not to help or act

upstander

were individuals who resisted nazi persecution risking their lives to protect jews

spiritual and cultural resistance

secret education , ceremonies and celebrations

passive resistance

• Smuggling food and supplies into ghettos, risking punishment.

• Sabotage of Nazi equipment or work projects when forced into labor.

• Refusal to cooperate fully with Nazi demands.

• Maintaining hope and solidarity by supporting each other emotionally.

Escape and Hiding

• Jews sought to escape ghettos or camps.

• Many hid in forests, rural areas, or with non-Jewish families who risked their lives.

• Some obtained false papers or disguised their identity to avoid deportation

Wannsee Conference

The Wannsee Conference took place on January 20, 1942, near Berlin. It was a meeting of senior Nazi officials led by Reinhard Heydrich to coordinate the Final Solution — the plan to systematically deport and exterminate all Jews in Europe. This conference marked the transition from scattered killings to a centralized, bureaucratic genocide using extermination camps like Auschwitz. The officials discussed logistics, defined who was considered Jewish, and ensured cooperation across government departments. The meeting showed how the Holocaust was organized with chilling efficiency and cold administrative precision.

What was the significance of the Reichstag Fire in Hitler’s rise to power?

The Reichstag Fire was a big fire in the German parliament building in 1933. Hitler used it as an excuse to say the communists were trying to take over. Because of this, the government took away people’s freedoms and started arresting Hitler’s opponents. This helped Hitler get more power and become a dictator.

Enabling Act

a law that gave Adolf Hitler and his cabinet the power to enact laws without the consent of the Reichstag (parliament) or the president, effectively establishing Nazi Germany's dictatorship and the foundation for the Nazification of society