HITLER & THE HOLOCAUST

Updated December 2007

HITLER and the NAZIS

A WILD AND CRAZY "THEORY" ON THE ORIGIN OF HITLER'S FANATIC ANTI-SEMITISM - Remember, anti-semitism was common place in both Europe and America.  Such "explanations" on the origins of Hitler's fanatical hatred of the Jews are "questionable" at best.  Please, read the following "explanation" as only one of the many examples of crazy ideas floating around out there!
Although prejudice toward the Jews had existed in Europe for hundreds of years, Rudolph Binion, in his book Hitler Among the Germans suggested that Hitler's fanatical hatred of the Jews partially stemmed from a particular incident. Hitler's adored mother, Klara, became very ill with breast cancer. She was treated by a Jewish doctor named Eduard Bloch. The accepted treatment at the time was with iodaform(a form of iodine) which was very painful and could be toxic. Despite the treatment, Klara died on Dec. 21, 1907. On December 24th(Christmas Eve), Hitler went to thank Bloch for doing all he could to help his mother. However, Dr. Bloch handed Hitler his bill which amounted to 10% percent of Klara's estate. According to Binion, this incident cemented in Hitler's subconscious a stereotype associated with Jews. At this time, Hitler's bitter hatred of the Jews begins to develop.
Binion made the following comparisons in Hitler's development of his hatred of the Jews:
Dr. Bloch --> Alois Hitler(Adolf's cruel father) --> Austria
Iodaform --> Poison Gas(World War I) --> Zyklon B(gas used in camps)
Jew --> Poisoner --> Cancer --> Destroy Germany
Klara --> Germany --> MOTHERLAND(this is how Hitler referred to Germany)
According to Binion, Hitler was defending his mother(Germany) against Cancer(Jews). Hitler said, "The Jews are a Cancer on the breast of Germany".
This is simply a theory and not fact, but Binion's work does offer some interesting information on Hitler.
----by Teacher Oz (me)----

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
The Avalon Project: World War II : Documents
  Hitler's Statements on Foreign Policy: 1933-39 (extracts) 
  EarthStation1.com - The WWII Sounds & Pictures Page - Hitler  
EarthStation1.com - The WWII Sounds & Pictures Page - Germany in WWII  
The Avalon Project: Summary of the Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan 
The Avalon Project: Tripartite Pact and Associated Documents
German-Japanese Agreement and Supplementary Protocol, Signed at Berlin
Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty
  The Avalon Project: Munich Pact 9/29/38
Night and Fog Decree 
The Avalon Project: Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941
ASSUMPTION OF POWER BY DOENITZ, MAY 1, 1945
German Surrender Documents of WWII
The International Military Tribunal(Nuremburg War Trials)
  More documents can be found below according to topic heading & on my WWII Primary Documents page.

TIMELINE
The History Place - World War Two in Europe Timeline
Post-War German History (Chronology)
More timelines available in specific topic sections and on my WWII Maps, Stats, Timelines page.

FALL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
The German Revolution of 1918
The Weimar Constitution
Disarmament and Clandestine Rearmament Under the Weimar Republic
THE GERMAN PUZZLE: The Weimar Republic in 1932 by Leon Trotsky
Parliamentary elections in Weimar Republic, Germany
Fall of the Weimar Republic, Germany

ADOLF HITLER
The History Place - The Rise of Adolf Hitler & The History Place - Triumph of Hitler - below is a list of links to SPECIFIC events in Hitler's early life.
April 20, 1889 Adolf Hitler is born
1895 to 1903 Hitler's Boyhood
Jan. 3, 1903 Hitler's Father Dies
October 1907 Hitler Fails Art Exam
Dec. 21, 1907 Hitler's Mother Dies
1909 to 1913 Hitler is Homeless in Vienna
1914 to 1918 Hitler in World War One
Nov. 11, 1918 World War 1 Ends with German Defeat
1919 Hitler Joins German Workers' Party
1920 Nazi Party is Formed
July 1921 Hitler Named Leader of Nazi Party
Nov. 8/9 1923 The Beer Hall Putsch
Feb. 26, 1924 Hitler on Trial for Treason
Hitler's Book Mein Kampf
Feb. 26, 1925 A New Beginning
1926 to 1929 The Quiet Years
Oct. 29, 1929 Great Depression Begins
Sept. 14, 1930 Germans Elect Nazis
1931 Success and a Suicide
1932 Hitler Runs for President of Germany
May to Dec. 1932 The Republic Collapses
Jan. 30, 1933 Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany
Feb. 27, 1933 The Reichstag Burns
Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag Fire
March 23, 1933 Hitler Becomes Dictator
The Gestapo is Born - April 26, 1933
Night of the Long Knives - June 30, 1934
Hitler Becomes Führer - August 2, 1934
The History Place - Triumph of Hitler (1933-1939)

MORE ON HITLER
Hitler's Statements on Foreign Policy: 1933-39 (extracts) 
  EarthStation1.com - The WWII Sounds & Pictures Page - Hitler  
1938 TIME Magazine Man of the Year: Adolf Hitler 
    Hitler's Germany: A Study in Totalitarian Dictatorship 
  Lectures for Hitler's Germany 
  Germany During World War Two 
  The Functioning of the Nazi Regime: State and Society 
  The Rise of Nazi Germany: THE SS-STATE 
  Totalitarian Rule
Hitler begins the Anschluss 
Hitler Threatens Jews in Reichstag Speech - January 30, 1939
   The Death of Hitler and his Final Will and Testament
MAP: Hitler's Bunker under the Chancellory 
  Führer Bunker, Berlin
Short Biography of Adolf Hitler
  OSS Psychological Profile of Hitler
Hitler, As He Knows Himself
IB Holocaust Project: Hitler's World View
Hitler, Discovery of Antisemitism in Vienna
Adolf Hitler: Perverse Political Genius
  The Fuehrer Spell
   Politics/hitler gun control
Nazism Exposed: History of Nazism
Operational Directives from the Fuehrer Headquarters 
  Christian and Nazi Rituals 
  HITLER THE SYPHILITIC by A.Kimel 
  Hitler and the Jews - by A.Kimel
Hitler Historical Museum - part of a Revisionist Hitler site - Be careful!
Hitler's Art and National Socialist Era Art - Nice images, but these sites are part of a Revisionist Hitler site - Be careful.  Hitler was a decent artist, but he was NOT accepted to the Vienna Art Institute because his work did not meet requirements for admission.
Hitler's Creation of the Autobahn - Nice images, but these sites are part of a Revisionist Hitler site - Be careful.
Adolf Hitler and Volkswagen - Nice images, but these sites are part of a Revisionist Hitler site - Be careful.
  The Enigma of Hitler
Eagle's Nest - View of summit of Kehlstein Mountain
Kehlsteinhaus aka The Eagle's Nest

TERMS
The World at War - German Codenames 
    Equivalent Army Ranks of German Army, Waffen SS, & British Army
  Glossary of the Holocaust 
  Achtung Panzer! - Glossary ! 
  Arsenal of Dictatorship: Online Encyclopedia of German WWII Weapons

MAPS & FLAGS
World War II Maps
  Interactive Map of World War II: The European Theater
Buildings & Complexes
German war industry
Map Germany
  Third Reich 1933-1945 (Germany) 
   Blood Flag (Third Reich, Germany) 
Hitler Youth (NSDAP, Germany)
   Flags of the Kriegsmarine 
   MANY maps available on my WWII Maps, Stats, Timelines page.

NAZIS
Membership, Doctrine, and Prominent Nazis
THE NAZI MOVEMENT 
  Basic Programme of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (1920) 
  The Nazi Party: Admission Requirements  
  The Nazis  
  Axis History Factbook 
  Nazi Members 
  Nazi Bios 
  Women of the Third Reich 
  The Functioning of the Nazi Regime: State and Society 
  The Rise of Nazi Germany: THE SS-STATE 
  Establishing a Dictatorship: The Stabilization of Nazi Power 
  Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State 
   Holocaust/Shoah -- The Third Reich 
  Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression 
  History: Nazi Leaders in World War II 
    The Trial of Adolf Eichmann - Eichmann Timeline 
Joseph Goebbels (including his speeches) 
  Joseph Goebbels
    Hermann Goering
  Hermann Göring 
  Rudolf Hess 
  Rudolf Hess - Biography 
  Joachim von Ribbentrop 
  Wilhelm Keitel 
  Alfred Jodl 
  Karl Doenitz
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich Becomes Leader of RSHA
Reinhard Heydrich - Biography
    Heydrich Ordered to Prepare for Final Solution
6/10/42 - Nazis Liquidate Lidice in Retaliation for Heydrich's Death
  Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) 
Himmler's Speech at Posen
Himmler's October, 1943 Speech regarding Extermination of the Jews
Himmler Timeline
Hitler's Willing Executioners
Nazism Exposed: History of Nazism 
Albert Speer 
  Christian and Nazi Rituals
Info on Dr. Mengele found on my Holocaust page.

THE SS
The SS State
The Rise of Nazi Germany: THE SS-STATE
SS Ranks and Equivalents
  Equivalent Army Ranks of German Army, Waffen SS, & British Army 
   SS Officer Computer Research
   History of the Totenkopf (Death's Head) 
The Einsatzgruppen
Waffen SS
  Waffen SS: Orders of Battle 
  An SS Booklet on Racial Policy

NAZI DECREES - REARMAMENT
Hitler's Statements on Foreign Policy: 1933-39 (extracts) 
  The Reich Concordat with the Catholic Church (1933) 
  Nazi Germany: The Decrees of 1933 
  Building up German Hegemony in Central Europe, 1933-1938 
  Nazi Racial Legislation: The Nuremberg Laws, 1935 
  German Secret Rearmament, 1934-5 
  PRE-WAR NAZI TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 
   1935 Nazi Propaganda for Rearmament 
  British and German Air Doctrine Between the Wars

LEBENSBORN
Lebensborn: The Unnatural Selection  
Lebensborn
  Axis History Factbook - Introduction to Lebensborn 
  THHP Questions: Lebensborn Program 
  Hitler's Children 
  Eugenics and the Third Reich

ORIGINS OF THE SWASTIKA
The Swastika 
  Swastika Origins 
  Swastika

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
DAS LIED DER DEUTSCHEN - "Deutschland Uber Alles"

NAZI PROPAGANDA
Joseph Goebbels (including his speeches) 
  Joseph Goebbels 
  IB Holocaust Project: The Aryan Myth
German Propaganda Archive
  Nazi Propaganda (Pre-1933 Material) 
Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945) 
  The Work of Party Propaganda in War
Nazi Propaganda from the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Pictures of German Propaganda Posters
  Old Eagle´s WAR/PROPAGANDA POSTERS archive
  The Propagander! (The Art Of Propaganda) 
Warning! Enemy Propaganda!
Nazi & Soviet Art
  Art Approved of by the Third Reich
  Art As Evidence: The Nazi's Cultural War 
Der Stuermer - Nazi Newspaper
Nazi radio ban
    Hitler Youth Speakers
  Nazism and cinema
  Propaganda in Nazi Germany
  Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945)
  German Propaganda Films
  Nazi Propaganda
  German Expert on Nazi Films and Propaganda | Germany
  Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl
  The History Place - Triumph of Hitler: Triumph of the Will
  Internet Resources: Leni Riefenstahl
  Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia": Brilliant Cinematography or Nazi Propaganda?
  Jud Suss The most successful anti-Semitic film ever made. Us www.HolocaustResearchProject.org
  Der ewige Jude "The Eternal Jew" www.HolocaustResearchProject.org
Film as a Weapon
Papers on 'The Eternal Jew' by Stig Hornshoj-Moller
    Internet Resources: Leni Riefenstahl
  "Triumph of the Will" by Leni Riefenstahl 
  Triumph of the Will 
  Stills from "Triumph of the Will"  
Leni Riefenstahl Bio - German-Hollywood Connection 
    Music That Time Forgot: Nazi poster against "decadent music"
   The Art Of Propaganda!
    National Socialist Posters and National Socialist Images - Nice images, but these sites are part of a Revisionist Hitler site - Be careful.
The Nazi 1936 Olympics - Menu  - yes, Hitler's attempt at pure propaganda.
1936 Olympics
  The Nazi Olympics 
  Leni Riefenstahl Olympiad 1936
1936 Olympics Exhibit at The San Diego Hall of Champions
  GAME: Nazi Propaganda - Walk the Plank game
For more on propaganda by both the Allies and the Axis Powers used in the war, check out my WWII Propaganda, Film, Art page.

EDUCATION OF THE YOUTH OF GERMANY
National Socialist Principles of Education 
  The Jewish Question in Education 
  The Battle for Germany: A Textbook for the German Youth (1938) 
  Der Giftpilz - The Toadstool 
  Anti-Semitic Children's Stories
Excerpts from a Nazi Biology Textbook (1942)
Excerpts from a Nazi Geography Textbook (1943)

HITLER JUNGEND (HITLER YOUTH)
The History Place - Hitler Youth
  Hitler Youth (NSDAP, Germany) 
       Hitler Youth Photo Album 
      Hitler Youth Speakers 
  Nazi Youth Ceremonies
Women and Girls under Nazi Rule 
Memories of the 1940's: Hitler Youth
Memories of the 1940's: Hitler Youth (another article)
  Bund Deutscher Maedel - A Historical Research Page and Online Archive
  League of German Girls (NSDAP, Germany)
  German Girls' League

GERMAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
The German Resistance Movement
The German Conspiracy to Destroy Hitler
  Resistance and Rescue 
  Resistance in Nazi Germany
  Holocaust Timeline: Resistance
  Dietrich Bonhoeffer Homepage
  ANTI-NAZI ORGANIZATIONS
  The White Rose
  The White Rose: A Lesson in Dissent
  Memories of The White Rose - Part One
For more, check out the "Heroes, Rescuers, and Resistance Fighters" section on my Holocaust page.

THE FINAL SOLUTION
IB Holocaust Project: The Aryan Myth
History House: Eugenics, or You Can’t Keep a Good Idiot Down
History House: Eugenics Part II: License to Breed
Eugenics and the Third Reich
Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 1942
(for much more in depth info, check out my Holocaust page.)

GERMAN MEDALS & MILITARIA
Phaleristic Encyclopedia - study of orders, decorations, and medals
Information On Medals & Awards
German Militaria & Collectables
Iron Cross [Prussia]
uboat.net - The Men - Decorations
German War Decorations
German Medals & Decorations
German Militaria, Third Reich and Imperial: Daggers, Swords, Medals, Helmets, etc.

GERMAN MILITARY
Arsenal of Dictatorship: Online Encyclopedia of German WWII Weapons
The German Armed Forces in WWII
Third Reich Factbook
German Commanders of WW2
German High Command - World War 2
SS Officer Computer Research
Equivalent Army Ranks of German Army, Waffen SS, & British Army
The German Perspective of World War II
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS: A GERMAN APPRAISAL
Operational Directives from the Fuehrer Headquarters
German Soldier's Ten Commandments
'Wehrmacht' Oath of Loyalty
Guernica - bombing of Guernica
Blitzkrieg!
Achtung Panzer! Main Page !
Achtung Panzer! - Military Links !
Panzer War History of World War II
Erwin Rommel Tribute
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
U-boat Net - The U-boat War 1939-1945
German Navy in WWII - mirror site
Flags of the Kriegsmarine
Unterseebootwaffe
Capture of the U-Boat U-505: A Personal Account
German Naval History
The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
Luftwaffe operations over the Bristol area
Luftwaffe Resource Page - Directory
Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Germany
German Fallschirmjäger 1936-1945
Germans Victory in Europe 1940
Germany's Plan of War
Buildings & Complexes
German war industry
Map Germany
German Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
World War II in Ukraine
World War II in Ukraine: Chronology of the War in Ukraine
World War II in Ukraine: June 22, 1941
Introduction: The German Campaigns in the Balkans
German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)
The Nazi Occupation of Poland
Fall of the Low Countries and France
Decision To Invade Norway and Denmark
ISLAND FARM: German POWs attempt escape from English Prison Camp 
For much more (plus info on the Vichy government in France), visit my WWII in Europe webpage!  For info and images of war planes and ships, check out my War in the Air and at Sea page.

NUREMBERG WAR CRIME TRIALS
What are "War Crimes"? 
  American Experience | The Nuremberg Trials | PBS
A Look Back at Nuremberg 
   Acting on Superior Orders 
  Holocaust: Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression 
  Trials of German Major War Criminals 
  International Military Tribunal 
November 20, 1945 - Nuremberg War Crime Trials Begin
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: The International Military Tribunal(Nuremburg War Trials)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann: A PBS Documentary created with ABC News
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann - Eichmann Timeline
  Eichmann trial: The complete transcripts
  Nuremberg Code explanation 
The Doctors Trial
The Accused at the Doctor's Trials
COUNT ONE--THE COMMON DESIGN OR CONSPIRACY
COUNT TWO--WAR CRIMES
COUNT THREE--CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
COUNT FOUR--MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
summary of sentences

NAZI GOLD
LOOTED ART - First Internet Research Catalog
Art stolen by the Nazis
Spoils of War
Nazi treasure at the end of WW2
Holocaust Issues from the U.S. Dept. of State
For more, please visit my Holocaust webpage.

GERMAN INDUSTRY & U.S. COMPANIES THAT HELPED HITLER
Helping Hitler: How the U.S. helped Hitler and the Nazis
Companies Affiliated With Concentration Camps
Companies involved with concentration camps
German Industry and the Third Reich: Fifty Years of Forgetting and Remembering
German war industry
Buildings & Complexes

MISC. TOPICS & LINKS
World War II and Holocaust Photgraphs from the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Third Reich Factbook
Germany - Nazi Era Flags (Third Reich)
  What if Germany Won World War I?
The Nazi 1936 Olympics - Menu 
1936 Olympics
THE TOTALITARIAN NAZI STATE
HITLER THE SYPHILITIC by A.Kimel
What is Fascism?
  Living Through the Götterdämmerung of the Third Reich
Germany's Timeline
The Roots of Anti-Semitism -  For more on the history of Anti-Semitism, please visit my  General World History page.
Fortunes of War Third Reich Germany
Holocaust/Shoah -- The Third Reich
  German Post Card, circa 1940
German Post Card, circa 1940 #2
  Collection of German W.W.II. Radios
  GAME: Hitler's Rise to Power - Walk the Plank game - GAME: Weimar Germany Hyperinflation 1923 - Walk the Plank game - GAME: Nazi Germany - Penalty Shootout - GAME: Nazi Propaganda - Walk the Plank game

Did you know? Adolf Eichmann (responsible for countless Jewish deaths during World war II), was originally a travelling salesman for the Vacuum Oil Co. of Austria.