Focus: The ''purification'' of the German People through the work camps and ghettos.
Unit Length: Approx. 2.5 weeks
Grade Level: Juniors and Seniors
Student Outcomes: 1. to identify Hitler's attempt to create conformity and racial purification in a unified national state. 2. to analyze how Hitler created a ''Jewish problem'' to get acceptance for his racial program. 3. to understand the roots of European racism and how Hitler exploited those prejudices. 4. to discuss the development of the Ghetto program and Hitler's ultimate purpose toward his ''solution of the Jewish problem''.
Lectures: Origins of the work camp system, hereditary ill, asocial, and homosexual Origin of work camp-racial issues Kristallnacht Ghetto system
Handouts: T-4 Medical Questionnaire and Health Law, 1933 Sterilization of Deaf and Jehovah's Witnesses Nuremberg laws The Roots: Beginnings of Racism Heydrich's instructions Kristallnacht In the Ghetto