ww2 lesson 3

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WW2 lesson 3

What event caused the beginning of the 2nd world war?

How did Hitler come to power?

• Violence and intimidation
• Was imprisoned and became famous
• Wrote the book: Mein Kampf
• Gradually convinced other politicians to rally with him
• 'Make Germany great again!' 
• Job opportunities 
• Offering a chance to get back at the big bad world.

short recap of our previous lessons

What happened next?breaking the treaty of Versailles

• building up the army
• joining Germany and Austria--> die Anschluss 
• invading the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
• Getting the green light to keep Czechoslovakia from the UK and other countries.
• Invading Poland

Germany invaded Poland

• The UK declared a state of war with Germany. 

Now it's up to you to find out what happened next!

How?

• Pair up with someone and do some online research.
  
• Find out which other country declared war on Germany.
• Find out which country was invaded next, and how other countries responded to this? 
  
  You have 10 minutes!

What did you find out?

Asides from invading other countries what else did the Nazi's do?

• Concentration camps
• working in the war industry
• Jews, gypsies, disabled people, and people with different beliefs.
• systematical massmurder.

what do you know about the holocaust?

what happened at the camps?

• bad living conditions; a lot of people were ill
• bad treatment by the germans
• medical experiments
• gas vans --> gas chambers
• crematoriums