Category Archives: Germany Kaiser to Furhrer course

IGCSE enrichment – Nazi election / propaganda posters

Following on from today’s lesson, have a look at this collection of Nazi propaganda poster (upto 1933). Later posters can be found here (1933 – 1939) and here (1939 – 1945). The first page is most useful to us at this stage. Note how different groups … Continue reading

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iGCSE enrichment – something to watch – The Rise of the Nazis

Year Eleven, Welcome back. Timing is of course everything in life, and as we are starting to explore Weimar and Nazi Germany, the BBC have kindly produced a first rate three-part series exploring the Nazi rise to power in 1930s … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to discuss – are we witnessing Britain’s Reichstag Fire moment?

Welcome back, Something to debate in History Society. If you click here you will get an excellent essay in Prospect magazine by Richard Evans. In it he compares the collapse of Weimar Germany to world (and British) contemporary politics.  He argues … Continue reading

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Enrichment – old fake news. The 80th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact

Today marks the 8oth anniversary of the the Nazi-Soviet Pact. You have probably all seen Low’s magnificent “Rendezvous” cartoon, and arguably after this, the Second World War was inevitable. The cartoon is especially prophetic because the corpse representing Poland reflected … Continue reading

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Enrichment – the “Belsen boys” who came to Ascot.

If you click here you will get to an excellent article from the BBC website about Holocaust survivors who ended up in Ascot. Beyond its local significance, it is a reminder that soon such personal memories will be lost to … Continue reading

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Obituary – Brunhilde Pomsel (11 January 1911 – 27 January 2017)

If you click here you will get to the BBC obituary for Brunhilde Pomsel. She was Goebbels’ personal secretary, and one of the last direct links to the Nazi regime. You may know of her from the excellent German life documentary (trailer … Continue reading

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Enrichment – things to discuss. Denial: The shaming of a ‘holocaust denier’ David Irving

Happy New Year all, A very controversial one to start 2017. David Irving is the “historian” who has been to court and indeed to jail for views on the Second World War. Below find  a trailer for a BBC film … Continue reading

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Obituary – Ernst Nolte

If you click here you will get to Tony Barber’s obituary for Ernst Nolte. I have included an extract below. Read the article and see if you agree with him. “On Friday June 6 1986 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a West … Continue reading

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Essay plans

Some materials and plans to help you with your revision. The PLC can be found here. Mr Grobien’s quote bank can be found here. Essay plans can be found below. They must not be seen as a definitive DO IT THIS WAY. … Continue reading

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Useful videos

Following on from today’s lesson – these are excellent – but be advised obviously they are not pleasant viewing. Warning from history – Consent and chaos – volksgemeinschaft (popularity debate) The World at War – Stalingrad. The scale of the … Continue reading

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