1936 Olympics
The Anschluss
The Refugee Crisis
Vocabulary
HIPP
100

True or false: German newspapers acknowledged the successes of Jewish and Black athletes.

What is false?

100

The Anschluss was the annexation of this European country.

What is Austria?

100

Many Jewish people fled after this event also known as "the night of broken glass?"

What is Kristallnacht?

100

This word is used to identify the areas of Europe that speak German.

What is the Sudetenland?

100

This first letter of the acronym is meant to start broad and then get more specific.

What is historical context?
200

This black athlete famously won 4 gold medals against his "aryan" competitors.

Who is Jesse Owens?

200

Hitler wanted Austria because they spoke this common language.

What is German?

200

This boat was meant to take refugees to Cuba, but was nearly sent back to Germany.

What was the St. Louis?

200

This word refers to the secret police in Germany.

What is the gestapo?
200

This second letter of the acronym asks you to analyze who the author was addressing the document to.

What is intended audience?

300

Germany took down these signs during the olympics as a form of propaganda.

What is "No Jews Allowed?"

300

The Anschluss led to an expansion of these laws.

What is Nuremberg/anti semitic laws?

300

This global economic crisis made countries hesitant to take in refugees.

What is the Great Depression?

300

This word means an organized massacre, persecution, or mob attack, either approved of or condoned by authorities, against the persons and property of a religious, racial, or national minority especially against Jewish people

What is pogrom?

300

This third letter of the acronym has you consider the characteristics of the author and any biases they may have.

What is point of view?

400

Germany chose to host the 1936 Olympics for this reason.

What is to prove the Aryan race's superiority? (Or another response that shows logic and an understanding of racial politics at the time)

400

Jewish individuals were allowed to leave Austria under this crucial condition.

What is they were not allowed to take their money or possessions?

400

This refugee policy brought 10,000 children to Britain, but was unsuccessful in the US.

What was the Kindertransport program?

400

This term is often used to denote refugees to describe the fact that they have citizenship to no country.

Stateless persons

400

This final letter of the acronym asks you to infer why the author wrote or created this document.

What is purpose?

500

Other countries considered this action against Germany hosting the Olympics.

What is boycotting?

500

A reason that other countries did not act against Germany at this time may include this.

Many accepted answer. Must follow logic based on global politics at the time.

500

This relatively successful refugee program brought Jewish individuals to Britain and then transferred them to the US through the quota system.

What is the Smallbones Scheme?

500

This term describes the policy in which a country does not interfere with foreign politics. It was a common ideology in the US at the time.

What is isolationism?

500

When looking at a documents purpose, it is likely one of these three things (synonyms accepted).

What is inform, entertain, or persuade?