During the Holocaust and World War II, fear and intimidation were common experiences that shaped people’s reactions to events in different ways. The Nazi Party weaponized fear and intimidation as tools to exploit people's insecurities and rationalize war, persecution, and genocide.
fear & intimidation
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Americans and the Holocaust
"Can America Afford to Condemn Hitler for His Racial Policies?"
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Death Certificate for Fritz Dressel
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Deposition of Pesakh Burshteyn
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Diary of Abraham Frieder
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Diary of Aharon Pick
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Film of Austrian Police during the German Annexation of Austria
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Film of Germans Burning Books
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Film of Jewish Boycott in Austria
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Film of Nazi Memorials in Munich
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Film of Police Responding to Demonstrations in Berlin
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Americans and the Holocaust
German Leaflet Alleging Allied Atrocities
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Americans and the Holocaust
German Leaflet: "Jewry and Penal Punishment"
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Letter by Josef Broniatowski
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Letter from Antonina Sidielnik Intercepted by German Authorities
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Americans and the Holocaust
Letter from J. L. Published in The Golden Age
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Letter from the Jewish Administration of the Đakovo Camp
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Americans and the Holocaust
Lidice: "This Is Nazi Brutality"
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Memoir of Fryderyk Winnykamień
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Oral History with Avraham Tory
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Oral History with Solomon Fox
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Order on "Measures against the Jews"
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Photo of Italian Fascist Youth Group Marching in Munich
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Photo of the Eldorado Club
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Photograph of Jews Cleaning Streets in Vienna
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Prisoner Badge Worn by Josef Kohout
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Propaganda Poster: “A Word to All!”
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Propaganda Poster: “Jews Are Lice: They Cause Typhus”
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Americans and the Holocaust
Robert Henry Best: "Best's Berlin Broadcast"
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Shoah Outtake with Inge Deutschkron
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Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the Holocaust
Shoah Outtake with Maurice Rossel
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
USHMM Oral History with Dora Goldstein Roth
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Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
USHMM Oral History with Ester Grun