Path to Nazi Genocide Worksheet: ANSWER KEY
Short answer: Answerthefollowingquestionswhileyouwatch Path to Nazi Genocide.
1. ListthreewaysinwhichWorldWarIandtheTreatyofVersaillesledtopolitical instabilityinGermany.
1)hadtotakesoleblameforstartingthewar
2)territoryshrunk
3)largereparations
4)HitlertookadvantageoftheGermanpeople’sangerandfear
5)postwareconomicdepression
2. Inhisbook Mein Kampf [“MyStruggle”],whatgoalsdoesHitleradvocateforGermany?
Territorialexpansion, araciallypurestate, destructionofEuropeanJews
3. HowdidAdolfHitlerbecomechancellorofGermanyin1933?Howdidhebecomethe Führer andsoleheadofgovernmentin1934?
Hitlerwasappointedaspartofacompromiseamongpoliticians;thedeathofPresidentHindenburg
4. Howdidthe1935NuremberglawsaffectGermanJews?
Lossofcitizenship, forbiddentomarrynon-Jews
5. UnderNaziracialideology,whatgroupswereconsideredraciallyinferior?
Jews, Slavs, blacks, Roma(gypsies);alsothosewithphysicalandmentaldisabilities
6. ListthreewaystheGermangovernmenttriedtoisolateandpersecuteJewsbetween 1933-1938.
1 Jewssenttoseparateschools
2. Jewskickedoutofjobs
3. boycottofJewishstores
4. lossofcitizenship
5. hundredsofantisemiticlaws
6. publicantisemitism
7. WhatfactorsmadeitdifficultforJewstoemigratefromGermany?
Nocountrywantedthem;NazisdeprivedJewsoftheirresourcesbeforetheyleft
8. HowdidGermanauthoritiestreattheJewishpopulationsoftheoccupiedeastern territoriesduringWorldWarII?
Ghettosforcontrol , massshootings, senttoconcentrationcamps/killingcenters, forcedlabor
9. HowdidAmericansoldiersreacttotheliberationofconcentrationcamps?
Theywereshockedandtriedtohelphowevertheycould
10.WhydoyouthinkitisimportanttolearnabouttheHolocaust?
Studentswritetheirownresponses
True or False: AfterwatchingThePathtoNaziGenocide, writeTrueorFalseforeachstatement below.Teachersmayaskstudentstoprovideevidenceforeachstatement,oraltereachfalse statementtomakeitatruestatement.
1. AdolfHitlersupportedtheTreatyofVersaillesandbelievedthattheGermangovernment wasrighttotrytoendWorldWarI.
[False]
2. GermanyprosperedeconomicallypriortotheworldwideGreatDepression. [False]
3. AdolfHitlertriedtoseizecontroloftheGermangovernmentin1923,tenyearsbeforehe becamechancellor [True]
4. Priorto1933,Hitler’sdesiretoeliminateEuropeanJewswaskeptasecret. [False]
5. HitlerseizedcontrolofGermanyinamilitarycoup. [False]
6. TheNazisusedpropagandatogainsupporters,offeringsimplesolutionsandblaming scapegoatsforGermany’sproblems. [True]
7. TheNazisneverreceivedmorethan38%ofthevoteinanationalelectionpriorto1933. [True]
8. Jewswerethefirstgrouptobesenttoconcentrationcamps. [False]
9. TheNazisrejectedstoriesofGermany’spatriotichistoryanddidnottrytoreassure averageGermansaboutHitler’sleadership. [False]
10. GermansoldierssworeanoathofallegiancetoHitler,nottoGermany. [True]
11. NaziracialideologylabeledJews,Slavs,blacks,andRomaasraciallyinferior [True]
12. The Kristallnacht attacksinNovember1938werespontaneousandsurprisedNazi authorities. [False]
13. Jewscouldbereleasedfromconcentrationcampsinthelate1930siftheypromisedto immigratetoanothercountry. [True]
14. TheGermaninvasionofFrancewasveryunpopularamongtheGermanpeople. [False]
15. GermansoldiersweretrainedinNaziracism. [True]
16. NaziGermanyrefusedtoallowlocalcollaborators,likepolice,toaidinmassmurder [False]
17. AtleasttwomillionJewsweremurderedinmassshootingsineasternEurope. [True]
18. ManyJews,especiallyineasternEurope,werecentralizedinghettos,sometimesfor years,priortobeingdeportedtoforcedlabor,concentrationcamps,andkillingcenters. [True]
19. AtAuschwitz-Birkenau,allJewsweresentimmediatelytogaschambers. [False]
20. Theword“genocide”wascreatedtodescribecrimesliketheHolocaust. [True]