Nazi Party

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the official name?Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)
2. What is the founding year?1920
3. What was the Nazi Party and when did it start?The Nazi Party was a political group in Germany that began in 1920.
4. Why did many people join the Nazi Party during the Great Depression?Many people joined because the party promised help when unemployment and economic hardship were very high.

Völkisch Nationalism: An ethnic nationalist movement emphasizing a shared German 'folk' identity and often excluding minorities.
Antisemitism: Hostility to, prejudice toward, or discrimination against Jews.
Totalitarianism: A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Eugenics: The practice of improving the human population by controlling reproduction to increase desirable heritable characteristics.