Chapter+12

=**Chapter 12: It was Easier that Way**=

**Memorable Passage(s):**
“He tried to calm himself by reminding himself of what he knew for certain:’ our destiny is perfection. Our faith and courage make us invincible. As surely as the sun rises, good must triumph. It will triumph over every evil. That is our destiny. Germany will heal the world of evil.’ ‘His thoughts swept him on to the question: But then why is the world in such a soary state? ‘His answer?’ Every good German has been betrayed of our army at the end of the war. Every good German has been saddled with the outrageous claims and demands of the treasonous treaty signed at Versailles. Every good German is now paying for the weaknesses of our misbegotten government. Worst of all, every good German is being contaminated by the excesses and the degeneracy of this godless age.” (Pg.245)

__** Summary: **__
In the beginning of chapter 12, Johann runs into Doktor Graebers on the street. Graebers is drunk and starts yelling about how they were both Nazis. He drew a crowed and got arrested. When Johann about how he needed to go visit with Greta. She told him about her friends the Tinies. Her four favorite ones are Johann, Helga, Paul-Adolf, and Greta. She named them. She told them how they helped and protected her. At dinner Paul-Adolf tells his parents about how he learned that Adolf Hitler was the new chancellor and they had a picture of him on the wall. After dinner the two parents meet in the waiting room. The next morning he read in the Reichstag was destroyed by the a fne. They said that it was a plot from the ammunrs. Johann decided to join the Nazi party. But before he did he decided to talk to Graebers and not tell Helga. Halfway through the day. He yelled at a little Jewish boy for puking on him. This finally made him decide to join the Nazi party.

**__Vocabulary:__**
Grotesque (236) - outlandish or bizarre as in character or appearance

Mutti (240) - mommy

Volkischer Beobachter (242) - newspaper of Nazi party

Anonymity (235) - one that is unknown

Falsetto (237) - a male voice in a upper register beyond its normal range

Reichstag (242) - big open street

Ulcerous (250) - having ulcers or an ulcer

Diphtheria (253) - acute contagious infection caused by the bacteria corynebacticrium diphtheria

Degeneracy (245) - corrupt, vulgar or vicious behavior


 * __Characters:__ **

Reinhard Graeber- a doctor in Nuremberg, a Nazi. Pg. 236

Van der Lubbe- the Dutch person responsible for burning the Reichstag. Pg. 242

The tinies- Greta’s imaginary friends, there is one that represents each member of her family. Pg. 239

The “Jew boy”- a symbol for all Jewish children, for doctor Graeber Pg. 250


 * __ Key concepts/Events: __**

1933- Year Hitler was elected chanclor of Germany

Schweinehund- Pig dog; German insult

P241- Nazi propaganda taught in classrooms World Wide Great Depression

Deutsche-elevated/to be respected/admirable