Non-Aggression Pact, 1939

Discussion Questions

DOC.#1: What was Hitler’s view of the Soviet Union and Communism?
DOC #1: According to Hitler, how did he (mistakenly) connect Judaism and Russia?
DOC #2: By stating ,“Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?,” what is the artist inferring?
DOC. #3: What is suggested by the cartoon?
DOC. #4: From examining the map, what does Germany gain from the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
DOC. #4: From examining the map, what does the Soviet Union gain from the pact?

DOCUMENT #1: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1925, 960-66.

We must never forget that the regents of present-day Russia are common bloodstained criminals; that here is the scum of humanity, which, favored by conditions in a tragic hour, overran a great State, butchered and rooted out millions of its leading intellects with savage bloodthirstiness, and for nearly ten years has exercised the most frightful regime of tyranny of all time. Nor must we forget that these rulers belong to a nation which combines a rare mixture of bestial horror with an inconceivable gift of lying, and today more than ever before believes itself called upon to impose its bloody oppression on the whole world. We must not forget that the international Jew, who today rules Russia absolutely, sees in Germany, not an ally, but a State marked for the same destiny.

…The struggle against Jewish bolshevization [1] of the world requires a clear attitude towards Soviet Russia.

[1] - Refers to the Bolshevik Party, the radical faction of the Russian Communist Party led by Vladimir Lenin that eventually seized power in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and created the Soviet Union

DOCUMENT #2: "Wonder How Long the Honeymoon will Last?" Clifford Berryman, 1939.

DOCUMENT #3: “Nazi-Soviet Pact”, Roger Armstrong, 1939.

DOCUMENT #4: Results of the Nazi-Soviet Pact

Discussion Questions

DOC.#1: What was Hitler’s view of the Soviet Union and Communism?
DOC #1: According to Hitler, how did he (mistakenly) connect Judaism and Russia?
DOC #2: By stating, “Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?”, what is the artist inferring?
DOC. #3: What is suggested by the cartoon?
DOC. #4: From examining the map, what does Germany gain from the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
DOC. #4: From examining the map, what does the Soviet Union gain from the pact?

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This cartoon by the British cartoonist David Low was published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 21 October 1939. Having destroyed Poland, Hitler and Stalin stroll down their now-shared frontier.

This cartoon by the British cartoonist David Low was published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 20 September 1939. It shows Hitler, who is saying: 'The scum of the earth I believe?' and Stalin, who replies: 'The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?'

"Little Goldilocks Riding Hood," Herbert Block, 1939.

The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, signed August 24, 1939, opened the way for Germany and the Soviet Union to invade and partition Poland. Germany's ffinvasion of Poland on September 1 precipitated World War II.

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