Published in his book Mein Kampf – which was a bestseller in Germany and sold millions

Published in his book Mein Kampf – which was a bestseller in Germany

and sold millions

“..the personification of the devil … the symbol of all evil

assumes the shape of the Jew.”

Übermensch

Untermensch

JewsDisabledHomosexualsGypsiesSlavsBlack people

“Just as the night rises against the day, the light and dark are in eternal conflict. So too, is the subhuman the greatest enemy of the dominant species on earth, mankind.”

And yet in 1932…

Political Parties in the Reichstag

May1924

Dec.1924

May1928

Sep.1930

July1932

Communist Party 62 45 54 77 89

Social Democratic

Party100 131 153 143 133

Catholic Centre Party 81 88 78 87 97

Nationalist Party 95 103 73 41 37

Nazi Party 32 14 12 107 230

Other Parties 102 112 121 122 22

What is happening here? What does this show?

What questions does it make you want to ask?

Lesson Enquiry:

Why did the Germans vote for

a party who actively hated

people?

Why did the Germans vote for the Nazis?

1. People were poor and desperate2. People were looking for a strong

leader3. People were looking for a strong

party4. People wanted someone to

blame for their problems5. People were fed up of other

political parties

“Our last hope”

Which posters would have appealed to this group?

Can you predict why this group voted for the Nazis in 1932?

People were poor and desperate

People were looking for a strong leader

People were looking for a strong party

People wanted someone to blame for their problems

People were fed up of other political parties

So what really happened in 1932?

Read through the narrative of the 1932 election

Why did the Germans vote for a party who actively hated people?

Word Bank:Propaganda election Great Depression Hitler poverty Communist Marxist anti-Semitic Goebbels

Explain which ONE of the following was the most important:1.People were poor and desperate2.People were looking for a strong leader3.People were looking for a strong party4.People wanted someone to blame for their problems5.People were fed up of other political parties

Explain why a second factor was LESS important than the first in leading the Germans to vote for the Nazis.

Add a third paragraph explaining why interpretations of this question might have changed over time, e.g. why immediately post-war someone might see this differently to now 70 years later

Would you have voted for the Nazis in 1932?