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Roots of Nazi Ideology
The Nazi Party rose to power due to the social and political climate of the interwar period in Germany. Nazi anti-Jewish policy constituted legal measures to expel the Jews from society and strip them of their rights and property, while engaging in incitement, abuse, terror and violence.
Educational Videos
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Weimar Republic
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Totalitarian Regime
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Fuhrerprinzip ("Leadership Principle")
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Lebensraum ("Living Space")
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Race Doctrine
Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Nuremberg Laws
The November 1938 Pogrom ("Kristallnacht")| Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education
The Life of the Jews in Germany After the Nazi Rise to Power | Yad Vashem
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Video lectures
The Rise of Nazism to Power
The Main Principles of Nazi Ideology
The Centrality of Antisemitism in Nazi Ideology
The Uniqueness of Nazi Antisemitism
Additional educational materials
Articles
Book Reviews
Clara’s War: One Girl’s Story of Survival - Clara Kramer with Stephen Glantz
Dividing Hearts: The Removal of Jewish Children from Gentile Families in Poland in the Immediate Post-Holocaust Years - Emunah Nachmany-Gafny
Light in Darkness: A Survivor’s Story - Phyllis Sterling Jacobs
48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust – An Oral History - Mitchell G. Bard
Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction - Martin Gilbert