1. Why do you think that public opinion was important to the Nazis? How did they go about winning support from the German public? 2. Historian Doris Bergen writes, “It must have been a lonely and terrifying experience to be on the outside of a torchlight march looking in. What chance would one feel one had against that monolith of power?”

1. Compare and contrast Bergen’s statement with Sebastian Haffner’s description of how Nazi demonstrations affected Germans.

2. What emotions did the Nazis’ public demonstrations generate in members of the German public?

3. Which emotions were useful to the Nazis in building acceptance and support for their regime?
1, 2, 3 go with #2