Hitler & The Nazis

• Hitler promised that the new Germany would have a family focus and provide a better society which rapidly turned to oppression of those who didn't agree.
• Before the concentration camp, Jews in Nazi Germany were forced to wear distinguishing symbols, the same symbol is used in THT when a Jew hangs from the wall.
• In Nazi Germany, people were encouraged to turn in close family members, Offred worries that Nick could turn her in.
• The Hitler Youth Programme targeted the fantastical youth to adulation, much like how in Gilead they describe 'The young ones are often the most dangerous, the most fanatical'.
• To justify the genocide, those deemed 'Untermenschen' were described as less than human, much like how Offred states that 'This is what you have to do before you kill..'.
• Some literary works with undesirable content were banned by the nazi government, much like how Gilead restricts books for women.
• In Nazi Germany, children were torn away from the 'undesirable' and given to nazis, similar to how Offred's child was ripped away from her as she was considered sinful as she had a relationship with a married man.