1. Germany in 1933 - The Consolidation of Power
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The extract below is from 'In the Garden of Beasts' by Erik Larson. It is a biography of William Dodd's family, who arrived in Berlin in 1933 as a result of his appointment as the US ambassador to Germany. This extract is useful to us as it gives an insight into the day to day experiences of the German people during the initial consolidation of power, raising some troubling evidence about the extent of (and reasons for) popular support for the new regime. It also challenges our view that the democratic nations were necessarily troubled by the Nazi attitudes from the outset of their regime.
The extract focuses on the experience of Martha, William Dodd's daughter, who was in her 20s when she arrived in Berlin with the family. |
1. You will need to post 8-12 lines on some or all of the discussion points in the forum below. You can respond to each other or add new ideas/questions. Read the stimulus points first and then read the extract.
2. You may wish to add some key points to your own notes - especially around 'co-ordination' and 'self co-ordination'
3. You will also need to complete the essay plan frame below in hard copy (if you choose to complete it electronically you should email it to me before the lesson) - 'methods_opposition'. We will review these in class.
2. You may wish to add some key points to your own notes - especially around 'co-ordination' and 'self co-ordination'
3. You will also need to complete the essay plan frame below in hard copy (if you choose to complete it electronically you should email it to me before the lesson) - 'methods_opposition'. We will review these in class.
| garden_of_beasts.pdf |
| methods_opposition.pptx |