■ COMPARATIVE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ■

1. Question

   What similarities can you see between German and Soviet attitudes toward their citizens, and how might this contrast with the British attitude expressed by Churchill?

2. Question

   Apply Hitler’s definition of effective propaganda (Document 27-3) to Churchill’s speech (Document 27-5). Where does it seem Churchill agrees with Hitler’s principles, and where does it seem he departs from them?

3. Question

   What connections can you make between the Nuremburg Laws (Document 27-6) and Rosenberg’s speech on the “Jewish question” (Document 27-7)? In what ways was Rosenberg’s plan a logical extension of the laws?

4. Question

   How might Child (Document 27-1) have responded to Churchill’s speech (Document 27-5)? How might he have characterized the coming war?