LESSON: Nazi Racism Teacher Copy: Group Work for Stations

Group One Questions: How did Nazi Germany use eugenics to support their racist ideas? How did ​ ​ Nazi Germany spread racist ideas to its citizens?

Holocaust Encyclopedia articles: Artifacts: Personal stories: Eugenics Poisonous Mushroom excerpt Frank Meeink(contemporary) ​ Nazi Racism: An Overview Poisonous Mushroom cover Rabbi Jacob Hitler Youth Wiener(historical) ​ Hanne Hirsch Liebmann (historical)

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Group Two Questions: Jewish people are not a “racial” group, and yet the Nazis and others believed ​ ​ Jews were a threat because of false racial beliefs. Where did the false Nazi racial antisemitic beliefs originate?

Holocaust Encyclopedia articles: Artifacts: Personal stories: Antisemitism in History Perfect Aryan Baby contest Mo Asumang ​ Racism in Depth photo (contemporary) Antisemitism film Nazi racial laws poster Abraham Lewent (historical) ​ Mehnaz Afridi (contemporary)

Group two student interactive organizer

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Group Three Questions: How did the Nazis racial antisemitism define the actions they took during the ​ ​ Holocaust?How did Nazi racial ideology extend to other minorities?

Holocaust Encyclopedia articles: Artifacts: Personal stories: Victims of the Nazi Era Loss of Racial Pride poster Anthony Acevedo (historical) ​ Nazi Racism German leaflet targeting Joseph Muscha Mueller ​ Afro-Germans during the Black US soldiers (historical) Holocaust Valaida Snow (historical) ​

Group three student interactive organizer

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