Question

If you lived in Germany in 1933, you might have seen which of the following? Select all that apply.

1. Your parents desperate for jobs and willing to listen to anyone who gave them hope.
2. An engaging new chancellor who told you that Germanic and Nordic people were superior.
3. Black people taunting Jews because they were inferior.
4. Young people all around you who were learning patriotic new songs and slogans about being German.
5. The Gestapo helping a blind woman with her groceries.

Answer 1

the answers: one and two

Answer 2

The correct options are: 1 - 2

• In 1932 Germany had six million unemployed, with an unemployment rate of 43.8%; in 1936 the unemployment had descended to 800,000 people, 12%. In terms of growth, between 1933 and 1938 Germany increased its GDP by no less than 50%. The country passed in record time from depression to prosperity.

• Inspired by Adolph Hitler's theories of racial struggle and the "intention" of the Jews to survive and expand at the expense of the Germans, the Nazis, as an official party from 1933 to 1938, ordered boycotts against the Jews, organized burning of books and he promulgated laws against the Jews. The leader claimed that the Germanic and Nordic people were superior.