This poster was made in1942 or after, since one soldier is wearing a decoration first issued in 1942. The text translates as: "Infantry: The Queen of the Services." http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm
This is a video of Nazis soldiers giving their oath to Hitler this is a primary source because it was recorded at the time of the war
http://www.nobeliefs.com/nazis.htm
Hitler used the tools of Propaganda, the radio, posters and film shows, It captured the attention of the population and gave them new and fresh hope Hitler and his National Socialist movement offered something for everyone: and this at a time when German politicians were losing control of the economy and powerful political image bound to win support.
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/hitlerssuccesses.htm
Heres Hitlers Nazi troops marching through Poland after it has been taken over.http://cghs.dadeschools.net/holocaust2/ss_in_poland.jpg
This shows the horror of the jewish consintration camps. They were starved and packed in to little shacks like sardines and a lot ended up dieing from malnutrition or starvation. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Buchenwald_Slave_Laborers_Liberation.jpg/739px-Buchenwald_Slave_Laborers_Liberation.jpg
This is an anti hitler propaganda poster in Moscow, Russia. There were many similer posters in the allied countrys showing how evil Hitler and the Nazis are.http://www.apcpapercollect.com/images/publcarric2.jpg
Decmber 4, 2000 a Nazi swastika was found in a forest of berlin Germany that can only be seen from above and only in the fall, because only certain trees turned yellow making the Nazi swastika. Once the German government found out they sent out people to cut them down.http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/treess.jpg
This is Adolf Hitler giving a speech in Nazi Germany
Americanwwii.comEven Walt Disney got in on the Anti-Hitler movement.This is a primary source that was made by disney during the war.
Quiz
1Q: What is the definition of Nazism?
1A: The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.
2Q: Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?
2A: Adolf Hitler
3Q: What were the basic beliefs of the Nazi party?
3A: They believed that they Aryan nation was superior to all others. They defined Aryan's to be PURE descendants of the people who had lived in Austria and Germany. It wasn't a matter of WHITE; they only accepted the people of Aryan characteristics, such as the thin nose, light or blond hair, and an ability to trace their ancestry. They felt it necessary for society that they destroy the retarded and others with handicaps. They planned to destroy all governments of Europe and replace them with Nazis, then after they had built their strength; they planned to take over the world, destroying all races other than the "pure" Aryans. wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_basic_beliefs_of_the_nazi_party
1A: The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.
2Q: Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?
2A: Adolf Hitler
3Q: What were the basic beliefs of the Nazi party?
3A: They believed that they Aryan nation was superior to all others. They defined Aryan's to be PURE descendants of the people who had lived in Austria and Germany. It wasn't a matter of WHITE; they only accepted the people of Aryan characteristics, such as the thin nose, light or blond hair, and an ability to trace their ancestry. They felt it necessary for society that they destroy the retarded and others with handicaps. They planned to destroy all governments of Europe and replace them with Nazis, then after they had built their strength; they planned to take over the world, destroying all races other than the "pure" Aryans. wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_basic_beliefs_of_the_nazi_party
Summary
Adolf Hitler or "the Fuhrer" meaning the "leader" and the NAZI's (National Socialist German Workers Party) who promoted and enforced racist ideas. The Nazis were pretty much the influence that started WWII. Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933. Shortly after Germany invaded Poland, which causes Britain and France to Declare war on Germany. The US, Britian, France and the USSR (Russia) formed the allied powers. Germany, Japan, Italy and Hungary formed the Axis powers. On january 20, 1942 the Nazis passed the "Final Solution" which rounded up all the Jews in Germany and put them in death camps. Its said that aproxamitly six million Jews were murdered between 1942-45 almost half were killed in the gas chamber. Hitler believed that only true Germans had blond hair and blue eyes and followed the nazis beliefs. If you didn't you were shipped off. In April of 1945 Hitler commited suicide as the allied powers were about to break into Berlin and catch him. With the death of Hitler it ended the war but many of the nazis beliefs live on with certain people.
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html
This is a cool blog and it also gives good information on hitler and what he did in the war.
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I think that it was really interesting. Especially the swastika in the forest.
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