Fictional Diary #1
This site will help you understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression in America and in Germany: http://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/the-great-depression/
A great video which explains why paper currency is valuable. The video also discusses inflation: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-gives-a-dollar-bill-its-value-doug-levinson
MassMoments article about the stock market crash and Great Depression: http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=312
Click here to listen to a podcast which summarizes how Hitler was able to gain power and change the government in Germany. This podcast has (small) pictures to help you too!
Facing History and Ourselves: http://www.facing.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/
Information about the economy in Germany in 1930s: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazis_and_the_german_economy.htm
Unemployment statistics: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/tch_wjec/germany19291947/1hitlerchancellor3.shtml
Election statistics (scroll down): http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/tch_wjec/germany19291947/1riseofnazis2.shtml
Interactive map showing territorial changes in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s: http://www.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=51&project_id=
A tremendous amount (more than you need!) about the many political changes happening in Germany throughout 1932: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/collapse.htm
Information about Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005394
Information about Hitler Youth: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hitler_youth.htm
More detailed information about Hitler Youth: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/hj-prelude.htm
Labeling Jews with badges starting in 1939: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/badges.html
Information about the Gestapo: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Gestapo.html
Great pictures and information about pre-1933 Nazi propaganda: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters1.htm