The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparks outrage internationally. Tensions rise, leading to our first World War. The Allied Powers win, leading Germany into a dire economic situation.
Germany's economy collapses, leading to significant civil unrest. This lesson focuses on how Germany became financially unstable, and the societal effect that followed.
Arguably one of the most challenging times in United States history. Huge global ramifications and many historians believe this to be a significant contributor in allowing Adolf Hitler rise to power in Germany.
With the United States pulling a significant portion of their investments from Germany, people were now struggling, hungry, and perhaps even more concerning, angry. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Timeline of events that transpired shortly after the Nazi party had political power in Germany. Discriminatory legislature led to larger concerns about the well-being of Jewish citizens in Germany.
The Nazi Party did extensive research to evaluate the needs, hopes, and fears of "ordinary" German citizens. Hitler hired graphic artists to create attention-catching posters for people to read.
For the entirety of the Holocaust portion of the unit, there will be four survivors that have written about their experiences. There are several excerpts in the topics following to supplement the materials that are presented.
Early on in the Nazi regime, they built a series of "incarceration sites" to imprison and, ultimately, eliminate anyone who was perceived to be an "enemy of the state."
"The barrack we had been assigned to was very long. On the roof, a few bluish skylights. I thought: This is what the antechamber of hell must look like. So many crazed men, so much shouting, so much brutality." - Elie Wiesel
"Whoever couldn’t march anymore was shot. Seeing my fellow inmates killed on the side of the road created in my heart an indescribably, deep sorrow." - Magda Herzberger
"I told myself that I had to keep on living for the sake of my family so that I could see them again, and to be together with my loved ones. That gave meaning and a purpose for my life."- Magda Herzberger
"As the day of his liberation eventually came, when everything seemed to him like a beautiful dream, so also the day comes when all his camp experiences seem to him nothing but a nightmare."- Viktor Frankl
