Short videos downloadable to WhatsApp and available on our YouTube site as:

• MP4s the links are available at the end of each unit
• Print Resources which cover what was done in the videos, with questions to think about as well as websites for further study

The units cover the following:

• The failure of the Weimar
• The rise of Nazi Germany
• The outbreak of WW2 in Europe
• The Holocaust
• People’s experiences and resistance.
• How this history has links to South Africa and its importance in this country.
  

All units offer the following:

• • Video lesson
  • Print material of the video lesson (this can be used with or without the video) with questions for learners and additional resources
  • An Educator Guide Document providing additional information, suggested answers to questions, and ideas for enrichment. This document is intended for Educator use only
  • All video and print material is available in Afrikaans

Unit 1 synopsis

This unit focuses on the effects of WW1 and Treaty of Versailles on the political and economic life of Germany and how this led to social unrest. Further we look at Why the Weimar Republic failed and what were the mistakes made that led to the demolition of democracy and the rise of power of Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Unit 2 synopsis

In this unit, we unpack the Meanings of Genocide and Holocaust. We focus on understanding the terms prejudice, stereotyping and scapegoating – and how they are used to separate isolate and humiliate members of an “out” group. We then analyse Nazi ideology, the understanding of race and the fact that the Nazi ideology is based on the notion of different types of blood.

Unit 3 synopsis

In this unit, we focus on how Nazis used Propaganda to convince the population of their ideas, we consider the different forms of propaganda employed by the Nazis. Further, we demonstrate how the Nazis used laws to underpin their racist ideologies, observing how the propaganda machine and the legal system worked hand in hand to reinforce each other. We look at how people responded and why they responded as they did.

Unit 4 synopsis

In this unit, we study antisemitism, its roots and how it has developed. We will observe how Jewish people were viewed in the Christian world and look at how and why they were stereotyped and scapegoated. We will analyse how anti-Jewish sentiment changes with events in society, specifically observing how the idea of race affects how Jewish people are viewed.

Unit 5 synopsis

In this unit, we look at how the Nazis treated people other than the Jews that they considered inferior and the ways in which they tried to rid their society of those they considered inferior. The Nazis saw a difference between “blood” enemies and “enemies of the state”, we unpack how the Nazis differentiated between different enemies and why, looking at the impact of Nazi ideology on ordinary people and different communities.

Unit 6 synopsis

In this unit, we look at who the Allies and Axis countries were. What the political ambitions of the Nazis were, and why they wanted war. Once they invade Poland we examine why and how the Nazis used the ghettos focusing on isolation, separation and humiliation and their consequences. We study the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, analysing why it took place when it did and look at sources showing different perspectives.

Unit 7 synopsis

In this unit, we look at the decision to kill all the Jewish people in Europe by first using mobile killing units and then building killing centre. We unpack the difference between labour and death camps, and how the Nazis used both. We end the unit discussing The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, why it was necessary and which countries did not sign.

Unit 8 synopsis

In this unit, we ask the question “why study the history of the Holocaust in South Africa?” We look at the differences and similarities between the policies of the Nazis and the Apartheid regime keeping in mind that both histories occur at different times and in different circumstances and being careful not to conflate the two histories. We unpack the term “conflate” and how conflation of histories leads to inaccurate understanding. We ask the reasons for studying different histories unpacking how this broadens our understanding of our own histories and allows us to analyse situations and understand them from a different perspective.

Kort video’s wat afgelaai kan word op WhatsApp en beskikbaar op ons YouTube-webwerk as:

• MP4’s die skakel is beskikbaar aan die einde van elke eenheid
• Drukwerk Bronne wat die inligting bevat wat gedek is in die video’s, met vrae om oor na te dink sowel as webtuistes vir verdere inligting

Die eenheide dek die volgende:

• Die mislukking van die Weimar Republiek van Duitsland
• Die opkoms van Nazi-Duitsland
• Die aanvang van die Tweede Wêreld-oorlog in Europa
• Die Holocaust
• Mense se ondervindinge en weerstand.
• Die ooreenkomste van die bogenoemde geskiedenis met Suid-Afrika se geskiedkundige agtergrond en waarom dit belangrik is om hierdie geskiedenis te bestudeer, word bespreek.

Al die eenhede bied die volgende aan: 

• ‘n Video – les
• Gedrukte hulpbronne vir die video-lesse (dit kan gebruik word met of sonder die video’s). Vrae word verskaf vir die leerlinge en ‘n lys van addisionele hulpbronne.
• ‘n Opvoedersgids wat addisionele informasie, vrae en voorgestelde antwoorde, bykomende idees vir verryking bevat. Die gids moet slegs deur die onderwyser gebruik word.
• Al die gedrukte material is ook in Engels beskikbaar.

SAMEVATTING 

Eenheid 1 

Dit is ‘n oorsig van en inleiding tot die pseudo-wetenskappe van ras en Eugenika, die konteks waarin dit plaasvind en hoekom dit belangrik is om dit vandag in Suid-Afrika te bestudeer.  

Eenheid 2  

’n Meer volledige analise van die pseudo-wetenskap van ras en Sosiale Darwinisme.  Die eenheid bestudeer en bereken die gevolge van hierdie idees op die menslike samelewing.  

Eenheid 3  

Hierdie eenheid fokus op en streef om die begrip van die pseudo-wetenskap van Eugenika te verbeter. Die oorsprong van die beweging – waar en hoe dit ontstaan het, hoe dit aanskou en toegepas / geimplementeer was.  

Eenheid 4  

Australie word in hierdie eenheid as ‘n gevalle-studie van rassistiese en eugenetiese beleide in die laat 19de en vroee 20ste eeu behandel.  

Eenheid 5  

Die gevalle-studie van Nazi-Duitsland, sowel as die opkoms van Nazisme, hul rasse-ideologie en hoe die Nazi’s die beginsels van Eugenika toegepas en regverdig het in Duitsland, word in die eenheid gedek. 

Eenheid 6  

Die oorgang van geforseerde sterilisering van sogenaamde “suiwer’’ Duitsers en ander “ongeskiktes’’ tot die aanvang van die “genadedood’’ program van gestremdes word in die eenheid behandel. 

Eenheid 7  

In hierdie eenheid word daar uitgebrei op die gevalle-studie van Nazi-Duitsland. Die konsep van volksmoord word gedek. Hier kyk ons na fases 1 – 7 van Stanton se 10 fases van Volksmoord en die voorspel tot die volksmoord van die Joodse bevolking van Europa (die Holocaust). 

Eenheid 8 

In hierdie laaste eenheid word fases 8 – 10 van Stanton se se 10 Fases van Volksmoord voltooi, die volksmoord van die Jode in Europa (die Holocaust) en die skakels tussen die hoofstuk in wereldgeskiedenis, Apartheid Suid-Afrika en Demokratiese Suid-Afrika word gedek.