1. Who are the people in the photograph?
1.) Three young boys
2.) A group of military soldiers
3.) Adult men from the past
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
1. They are in Nazi Germany; they are doing Hitler’s salute
2. They are currently at war; they have guns with them
3. The men are dumping out alcohol; they are pouring out a clear liquid into the street
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
1. The photographer was documenting the time period of which even children looked to Hitler as
a leader
2. A documentation of a time when multiple races were fighting together for one country’s
freedom
3. Document the prohibition
Why is this photograph important to history?
1. Because it was prior to the world’s realization of how evil Hitler was
2. Because of the fact that races where fighting together as a group of friends
3. Because it documents an event in history
What questions does this photograph raise?
1. Was the holocaust going on at this time?
2. Is this a group of American soldiers?
3. What kind of businessman were the men who were dumping out the alcohol?
Write your own caption for the photograph:
1. A deceived generation
2. 2. United we stand
3. Sobering-up Society
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
1. By researching german society under hitler’s reign
2. By researching the history of when (if it is a group of American soldiers) the nation began
letting different races fight together
3. Researching the prohibition
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1- 1. The boys do not know the reality of the leader they are mimmicking
2. the men seem to get along
3. The men dumping out the alcohol are happy about it
2-1. The boys have been raised thinking that hitler was a good leader
2. they are not in too much danger
3. There are other men around who are not so happy about it.
3. 3-1. Hitler may have not been exposed as such an evil man at the time the photo was taken.
2. It is a photo from the not-too-distant past (color photo)
3. Certain people percieved the prohibition as a positive movement