Par 2.3 Hitler causes a world war - Run up to the war

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§2.3 Hitler causes a world war

The run up to the war

Program

• Homework next class
• Measures in Germany
• Measures affecting Europe

Homework for next class

• Read par. 2.3 
• Make assignment 4 + 5 (from 2.3)

After this lesson...

… You will be able to explain which measures Hitler took to expand his power

Measures in Germany

• Boycotting Jewish shops (1933)
• Nuremberg Race Laws (1935)
• Stopping the reparation payments
• Obligatory military service + rearming (1935)
• Placing troops in the Rhineland (March 1936)

Treaty of Versailles?

Nuremberg Race Laws

• Jews did not have the Reich citizenship anymore
• Jews were not allowed to marry people from the German race

Nuremberg Race Laws

Classification	Heritage	Definition
German-blooded	German	Belongs to the German race and nation; approved to have Reich citizenship
German-blooded	1/8 Jewish	Considered as belonging to the German race and nation; approved to have Reich citizenship
Mixed race (second degree)	1/4 Jewish	Only partly belongs to the German race and nation; approved to have Reich citizenship
Mixed race (first degree)	3/8 or 1/2 Jewish	Only partly belongs to the German race and nation; approved to have Reich citizenship
Jew	3/4 Jewish	Belongs to the Jewish race and community; not approved to have Reich citizenship
Jew	Jewish	Belongs to the Jewish race and community; not approved to have Reich citizenship

How do you think the allies reacted?

Measures affecting Europe

• Alliance with Italy (Oct 1936) 
• Anschluss Austria (March 1938)
• Munich Conference (Sept 1938) 
• Occupation Czechoslovakia (March 1939)
• Molotov-Rippentrop Pact (Aug 1939)

Munich Conference

• France, Britain, Italy and Germany
• Germany gets Sudetenland in exchange for the promise of peace

Sudetenland = part of Czechoslovakia

Video (10:50-14:27)

Molotov-Rippentrop Pact

• Soviet Union and Germany
• Non-aggression agreement
• Secret: dividing Poland

Why would the Soviet-Union and Germany divide Poland?