Young people

• The Nazis believed that Jews were inferior and needed to be removed from German society
• Hitler wanted to create an Aryan race, which was the master race
• A new subject was created called Eugenics
• Eugenics 


  Human race studies
• What did they learn in eugenics?

  Superiority of certain races(Aryan) and the ‘inferior‘ races(Jewish)

  They learnt how to identify them, supposedly by nose size and head size(how big the brain was)

  How Germans could improve their own race becoming a super race
• What subject did Nazis remove?

  Religious studies
• What did they do to other subjects?

  Change the curriculum to include propaganda messages, create things which would force the children to make opinions which favoured Nazi ideal
• Education 


  Effectively was used to brainwash children into believing everything which the Nazis wanted
• Maths

  Problems were created for children to form opinions on certain issues and think that what Nazis were doing was right
• Kids as spies

  Kids were used to report any adult(teachers or parents) that were anti-nazi or disobeyed the rules
• History

  This was altered by the Nazis to include things which hinted at Germany as superior (Archeological digs which told Germany they were the first people alive)
• P.E


  BOYS

  Had intense physical lessons which trained them for the army and to be fit which would improve German race

  GIRLS

  Were kept fit so that they could do housework and have many kids
• Sciences

  More on the anatomy of different races, what makes them ‘better’ or ‘worse’
• Textbooks 


  Changes to make Nazi ideology into accepted facts
• Teachers 


  Were trained in and were forced to be apart of the German Teachers League
• Geography 


  Was based upon what countries Germany desired to conquer
• Universities 


  Professors were picked by Nazis, however they didn’t view this education as important therefore enrolment into universities had decreased during Nazi era
• Recruitment in schools

  Teachers were told to identify bright students who could be potential Nazi leaders, they were sent to academies called ‘Napolas’ (National Political Educational Institutions)
• Fiercely loyal students to Hitler graduated as ideal Nazis
• Brainwashed 


  Indoctrinated
• Students were almost never thinking for themselves
• History of Germany 


  Included how they were treated at the end of WW1 to be painted as victims
• Hitler youth 


  Age 10-18yrs

  Focused on sports, physical training and military training
• Why was the hitler youth made?


  To stop the influence of parents

  To indoctrinate the kids

  To train them for war

  To improve physicality for the building of the aryan race
• League of German girls 


  Sometimes called the league of German maidens, there were two sections one for 14yrs and under called the young girls league, then the Faith and beauty group for 17-21yrs
• How were youth groups prioritised?

  School days ran for only half the day so kids could go to the groups

  Participation was forced in 1936

  They had meetings multiple times in a week so it could be priority for kids
• Why was being away from parents good?

  The risk of parents influencing kids on their own political ideas rather than the Nazis ideal
• Why were parents ok with the idea?

  It was like a free childcare service
• These groups were anti-intellectual, as they reduced the importance of education for children and changed schooling in a way they didn’t really

  learn anything
• 1932 


  100,000 members in youth groups
• By 1934


  Above 3.5million members in youth groups
• What did the youth think of these groups?


  Most liked the groups as they were a fun activity and some get-aways, but there was some opposition
• Opposition to youth groups

  Youngsters who refused to join the youth groups and skipped them
• Who skipped the youth groups?

  The ‘Swingyouth’, a group who had a love for jazz music which Nazis banned

  Others formed gangs, such as the ‘Roving dudes‘ or ‘Edelweiss pirates’

  The ‘Navajos’ went camping and sang songs which made fun of Hitler and the Nazis