3. Objectives
Students will be able to discuss Adolf
Hitler and the effect he had on World
History.
Students will be able to discuss the
Holocaust.
Students will be able to discuss the
separation of Germany into two
separate countries after World War II.
10. Dark Times in
German History
During the 1930’s,
dictator
__________________h
ad power in Germany.
Under his power and
leadership, Germany
increased its power
and began invading
neighboring countries
to start World War II.
16. A Tragedy
in History
One of the horrors of this
war was the murder of 6
million European Jews in an
event known as the
___________________. This
has gone down as the worst
genocide in human history
The Allies, led by the United
States, Great Britain and
the Soviet Union, defeated
the Axis Powers, Germany,
Italy, and Japan to end both
the Holocaust and World
War II, a terrible time in
World History.
19. A Country Divided
Following WWII, Germany
was divided
into __________________
East Germany which was
run by the Soviet Union,
and _________________
West Germany, run by the
U.S., U.K., and France.
Germany remained in two
pieces for over 40 years
until the fall of the Soviet
Union in 1990. It is then that
the two regions reunified, or
were brought back together.
24. The Wall This concrete wall didn’t stop
many Berliners from trying to
enter the west.
Desperate to reach West
Berlin, citizens of the east
would jump out windows of
houses on the borderline, or dig
tunnels to crawl underneath the
wall. These processes were not
easy, and grew more and more
dangerous everyday.
Almost 200 People were killed
trying to escape from the East
into the west.
On November 9, 1989, the
Berlin Wall came tumbling
down joining East and West
Germany back together
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31. Germany
Today
Germany covers 137,782
square miles which makes it
just a wee bit smaller than
Montana, and its capital is
____________________.
Germany lies in the heart of
Europe and has several
important rivers such as the
Danube and the Rhine.
Germany is one of the
world's largest exporter of
goods in the world.
Germany is a global
economic power and a
leader in the European
Union.
32. Production Germans import 1/3 of
their food.
German workers and
products travel to
markets on
superhighways called
__________________.
The German language
has two major dialects,
which are local forms of
a language.