Invasion of Poland / Beginning of WW2

• • Convinced the people of Germany invasion was necessary by blaming everything on Poland
  • Front pages of newspapers is news that there were offenses against ethnic Germans in Poland
  • If Germany attacked Poland then Britain and France would declare war on Germany - Hence the declaration of WW2
• Fuhrer

  • German for “Leader” (Used with a capital “F” refers to Adolf Hitler)
  • Hitler didn’t like photos taken of himself because he wanted to create mystery
  • Appealed to the German people because he provided specific people as a hate figure (scapegoat)
  • Communists and Jews
• Fuhrer

  • In Jail he wrote Mein Kampf
  • Jewish conspiracy book that was used as propaganda to gain world leadership
  • Explained Nazism and their goals
• Fuhrer

  • Hitler used propaganda against physically and mentally disabled Germans
  • Didn’t particularly see them as humans and were seen as weak
  • Killed in gas chambers disguised as showers
• Fuhrer -

  • Didn’t attack the protestants (attacked Christains and Jews)