(4.) In the Garden of Beasts: (Part FOUR) Flashcards
(6 cards)
➡️ Ch. 21 ⬅️
Explain how proposed changes to German law revealed an increased emphasis on racial purity…
▪️”It shall be a crime for a gentile man or woman to marry a Jewish or colored man or woman.”
▪️Also clear for the fact that abortion was to be made illegal. ▪️Only exception being when a mix German and Jewish or colored child was expected.
▪️This makes racial purity not only a point of emphasis, but the law of the land itself.
➡️ Ch. 20 ⬅️
What was Hitler’s justification for withdrawing Germany from the League of Nations?
▪️He defended his actions by attacking the Treaty of Versailles. ▪️Also used Frances drive to maintain superiority in regards to armed forces, over Germany as an explanation.
➡️ Ch. 24 ⬅️
Analyze tactics used by Nazi party to ensure overwhelming victory at public referendum to withdraw Germany from the League of Nations…
▪️Made German citizens fear the consequence of not voting yes. ▪️Held vote day after 15th anniversary of armistice that crippled German military power and ended WW1.
▪️Offered only Nazi candidates on ballot
▪️Took extraordinary measures to ensure maximum number of voters.
▪️SA monitored who did and did not vote
▪️Nazi propaganda was literally visible everywhere in the cities.
➡️ Ch. 24 ⬅️
What significant decision did Roosevelt make regarding the Soviet Union?
▪️The “Roosevelt-Litvinov conversations”
▪️Ultimately resulting in Roosevelt asserting formal recognition of the Soviet Union
▪️November 16, 1933.
➡️ Ch. 26 ⬅️
Explain Vice-Chancellor Papen’s role in Hitler’s rise to power…
▪️He is credited for engineering the master plan of the Nazi rise to power and appointment of Hitler as Chancellor.
▪️He assumed he could control Hitler with his political influence ▪️Believed by many to be “the greatest miscalculation of the twentieth century.”
➡️ Ch. 24 ⬅️
Hitler propaganda quote regarding public referendum of withdrawing from the League of Nations…
▪️”On an eleventh of November the German people formally lost it’s honor; fifteen years later came a twelfth of November and then the German people restored it’s honor to itself.”
