Kristalnacht and Propaganda

I was shocked by how German children get educated with propaganda and brainwashed by Hitler. Hitler came into power by promising restore Germany's greatness, economic and get rid of Jews. Hitler blame Jews for inflation and defeat of war. The Nazis recruited many unemployed young man. The propaganda phrase,"When Jewish blood comes from the knife, everything will be fine." created racial hatred among the Germans. In 1933, many Jews were not aware of the dangers. The 1st concentration camp was set in Dackau in March 1933 for oppositions against Hitler. One month later, Nazis made a nationwide Jewish boycott including phrases like, "Germans, defend yourself from Jewish domination." Jewish people are portrayed by Hitler as greedy, repulsive, corrupt and manipulative. They are in newspapers, posters and even school text books. Germans started to ban the Jews from going to public places like the Theater. In 1935 September, the Nurembug Laws took away all citizenship rights from Jews. A year later, there were special tax on Jews. Then in 1938 November 9-10, Kristalnacht happened, 75 shops, 1000 homes destroyed and over 100 were killed. The event was name Kristlanacht because there were so much shattered glass. The Jews were forced to pay 1 billion marks for the damage they didn't do. 30,000 Jews are in concentration camps after the Kristalnacht and 2,500 did not make it out alive. Jews are now impossible to stay in Germany and some Germans realized Hitler's agressive intention. Most Germans either took part in Kristalnacht or just shut the event to the back of their mind. 10,000 Jews left, but the rest were unwanted by other countries. Canada's most infamous quote was "How many should we take in? None is too many."

Hitler knew to target children because they are the future of Germany. Boys and girls dedicated lives to Hitler. Hitler Youth controlled children's lives, the children felt important and had a mission. Even the kindergarten kids learn about racial theory. They were taught that Jews are a poisonous and dirty race. Millions of children joined the Hitler Youth. Hitler published a propaganda book called my kampf, Hitler use the color red in posters to provoke and enrage people. The propaganda made Germans felt Jews are a physical threat. There are at least 70,000 new recruits of Hitler's Youth per year. Hitler bribes children into joining Hitler's Youth and considers those that isn't in Hitler's Youth an outcast. The children were encouraged to be aggressive and show no mercy. Hitler isolate the children from their parents so the children would be more dedicated. The Hitler's Youth are suppose to continue Hitler vision of a perfect race after Hitler's death. One of the most racist things Hitler had ever said is, "Jews will be the destruction of mankind." I discovered if you rearrange the letters of A. Hitler, it's The Liar.

The Dominance Factor

I have discovered that I am a Profile B. This means I learn best by seeing, speaking or writing. I need to explore ambiguity, emotions, movement, imagination and creativity. I am a Logic learner(left brain), which means that I like sequences, orderly and instructions. Gestalt(right brain) learners like to move around and are good at art and etc. The two sides of the brain are connected by a "highway" called corpus callosum that helps us access both sides of the brain. When we are under stress, our dominant side shuts down(For me is logic). When Logic learners are stressed, they try harder without results, comprehension, joy and understanding. They may appear tense and insensitive.

The strategies that would help me in my learning are brainstorming, trust gut instincts, write poems and songs, use metaphors in stories, talk more slowly, painting, dancing and role-play. This will help me because it is what gestalt learners do and it will help me build more corpus callosum between the logic side and the gestalt side. The more corpus callosum, they more connection I can make. I would like my teachers to know that I prefer structured learning and step-by-step information/instructions.