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Nazi ideology and the Jews of Germany: Watch. Learn. Know

Studying the Holocaust with Yad Vashem | A database of materials on the Nazi ideology and the Jews of Germany

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.

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Educational Videos

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Weimar Republic

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Weimar Republic

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Totalitarian Regime

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Totalitarian Regime

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Fuhrerprinzip ("Leadership Principle")

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Fuhrerprinzip ("Leadership Principle")

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Lebensraum ("Living Space")

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Lebensraum ("Living Space")

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Race Doctrine

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Race Doctrine

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Nuremberg Laws

Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: Nuremberg Laws

The November 1938 Pogrom ("Kristallnacht")| Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education

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

The Life of the Jews in Germany After the Nazi Rise to Power | Yad Vashem

Video lectures

The Rise of Nazism to Power

The Rise of Nazism to Power

The Main Principles of Nazi Ideology

The Main Principles of Nazi Ideology

The Centrality of Antisemitism in Nazi Ideology

The Centrality of Antisemitism in Nazi Ideology

The Uniqueness of Nazi Antisemitism

The Uniqueness of Nazi Antisemitism

Book Reviews

<p><em>Clara’s War: One Girl’s Story of Survival - </em>Clara Kramer with Stephen Glantz</p>

Clara’s War: One Girl’s Story of Survival - Clara Kramer with Stephen Glantz

<p><em>Dividing Hearts: The Removal of Jewish Children from Gentile Families in Poland in the Immediate Post-Holocaust Years - </em>Emunah Nachmany-Gafny</p>

Dividing Hearts: The Removal of Jewish Children from Gentile Families in Poland in the Immediate Post-Holocaust Years - Emunah Nachmany-Gafny

<p><em>Light in Darkness: A Survivor’s Story - </em>Phyllis Sterling Jacobs</p>

Light in Darkness: A Survivor’s Story - Phyllis Sterling Jacobs

<p><em>48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust – An Oral History - </em>Mitchell G. Bard</p>

48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust – An Oral History - Mitchell G. Bard

<p><em>Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction - </em>Martin Gilbert</p>

Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction - Martin Gilbert