Adolf Hitler & the Nazi Party • gains support in the Nazi Party by attacking the hated Treaty of • Blames Germany’s problems on and • Appointed of Germany in 1933 • Transforms the into the Third Reich, a total dictatorship Germany Under Nazi Rule • Hitler wanted to create a Aryan people would be considered a pure race and superior to other people • or prejudice against Jews had been around for centuries Nazi Leaders • was the head of the Nazi Propaganda Ministry and controlled all communications • Encouraged to eliminate other ideas • led the SS – the Nazi’s secret police • Formed death squads known as the • One of the architects of the and death camps • helped to organize the Holocaust • Was in charge of transporting Jews from ghettos to The Nuremberg Laws • Passed in • Said anyone with any would be considered a Jew • Further restrictions were placed and of the Jews increased. Kristallnacht • Kristallnacht - took place November 1938. • Jewish stores, houses, and were systematically destroyed • Marks the beginning of widespread government-led against Jews Jews in Germany • created where all people with Jewish ancestry had to register with the government • Jews had to wear the badge everywhere they went • Forced to live in isolated The Final Solution • Plan developed in 1942 to all Jews from Europe • Jewish people from across were taken to concentration camps • In the camps they were used for or killed The Camps • Many could be