nazi life of young germans

• During the Nazi regime in schools:

  • All teachers had to swear an oath to the Fuhrer
  • Textbooks were rewritten to fit the Nazi view of history and racial purity, with Mein Kampf as a core text
  • Lessons started with a salute to Hitler, teaching that Germany was surrounded by hostile countries and portraying the evil of Communism in History classes
• 15% of the curriculum was dedicated to Physical Education, with boys focusing on military skills and girls on home-making and mothering, also being taught not to marry Jews
• Hitler Youth for boys aged 14-18 involved learning Nazi songs, ideas, athletics, hiking, camping, military skills, and aimed to train them for Hitler's army
• Girls aged 14-18 were part of the League of German Maidens, where they learned motherly, marriage, and domestic skills