Books and Ebooks
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Edexcel A2 History Unit 3 D1Life in wartime Germany 1939-45. Excellent overview. (PDF) -
Enquiring History: Nazi Germany 1933-45Treatment of : gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the disabled, African Germans. Also role of women, young people and workers. (PDF) -
Germany 1871-1991 The Quest for political stabilityExcellent source materials on various topics;women, youth, workers minorities. -
Pearson History 10 SBHolocaust case study, (PDF p 64-71) removal of Jewish rights, persecution, the ghettos and the final solution. -
Germany 1918-1945 by Hitler's views on racism,nationalism,anti-communism. Concentration camps and internees including political objectors, communists and socialists, trade unionists, religious dissidents, social undesirables such as homosexuals, gypsies and Jehovah's Witnesses. (PDF) -
Democracy and Nazism:Germany 1918-1945Various topics: Methods of propaganda (p117), Chapter 17: The Racial State, 1933-41 examines racial ideology (p140 - 148) Chapter 18:Nazi policies towards the Jews,1933-37. Chapter 20:Policies towards the Jews,1940-41,and Chapter 23: The Final Solution.
Excellent section on the use of propaganda, including the aims, the methods and effectiveness. (p116-120) -
The Era of the Second World War by
Section on the Nazis and racism (p74) also the final solution. (PDF)
Websites
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Timeline of EventsThis site divides German History into discrete time frames. Before 1933, 1933-38, 1939-1941,1942-1945, After 1945. Lots of different source types.
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Introduction to the HolocaustThe United States Holocaust Museum This site gives you one perspective on the holocaust. Covers many topics with links to more detailed information on topics such as European Roma (Gypsies) Afro- Germans .
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Nazi Germany 1933-1939: Early Stages of PersecutionNazi Germany 1933-1939. Many photos and articles.
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German History in Documents and Images (GHDI)Wealth of photos and images, organised into specific time periods.
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History VaultExamines various phases of the rise of the Nazi Party and Hilter's views on the eradication of the European Jews.
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History on the NetGood summary of various topics to do with Nazi Germany.
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Calvin College German Propaganda ArchivesIncludes both propaganda itself and material produced for the propagandists. Contains a variety of source types:posters,photographs,cartoons,films and essays.
Media Resources
Source: Discovery UK 2009 Rise of The Nazis (4 mins)
In August 1934 Hitler declared himself Fuhrer, absolute leader of Germany. Follow Hitler and his Nazi Party's rise to power in the lead up to the Second World War.
Source: World at War Episode 20, Genocide 1941-1945 Chapter 1.
Source: ABC Splash Produced by Jewish Holocaust Centre:
This provides a brief slideshow overview of the Ghetttos, isolation, living conditions, importance of work, resistance and the deportation of Jews.
Source: Interview with a Jewish child survivor Tova Friedman of Auschwitz - Birkenau (26 mins)
Source: BBC Witness History Sept 25, 2019 (Audio 9 Mins)
Theodor Wonja Michael was a child when Hitler came to power in Germany. The son of a German mother and a Cameroonian father he faced discrimination and danger under Nazi rule.
Definitions and search terms
Data Bases
Britannica Online ;search under Nazi Germany for your specific topic.
Map
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Animated Map World War 11 and the holocaust (6 min)Good introduction to the topic of world War 11 and the holocaust.
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