Youth in Nazi Germany

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Youth in Nazi Germany
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Why did the Hitler youth organizations exist?

• Hitler claimed that his Reich would last for a
  thousand years
• For Hitler, this meant that German children must
  grow up as Nazis
• The boys would grow into soldiers
• The girls were to be trained to be mothers of the
  master race

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Headings for your notes

• What were the different youth organisations for
  boys and girls?
• Why did people join these groups?
• What was the purpose of education in Nazi
  Germany?
• How were teachers treated in Nazi schools?

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Boys Age Activities
6-10 Pimpfen (Little Fellows). Hiking, camping, physical exercise.
10-14 Deutsche Jungvolk (German Young People) Oath of loyalty to Hitler, trained in military discipline and music.
14-18 Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth). More advanced military training.
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Girls Age Activities
10-14 Jugenmadel (Young Maidens) Physical exercise and health training.
14-17 Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Maidens) Training for motherhood
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Pressures to join

• HJ letter
• The Hitler Jugend come to you today with the
• question why are you not willing to join the
• ranks of the HJ?
• Write your reasons on the enclosed blank
• form.
• Hitler Youth Law 1936 compulsory, banned other
  youth groups.

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Education

• The whole purpose of Education is to create
  Nazis. (The Ministry of Education).
• German language History, Geography, Chemistry
  and Mathematics must concentrate on military
  subjects- the glorification of military service
  and German heroes

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Education

• Taught to be good Nazis
• German youth to be educated in the spirit of
  National Socialism
• Hitler to parent You may disagree with me but
  your children are mine already.
• Subjects Nazified

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Teachers

• Told what to teach
• If spoke against Nazis sacked and forced to
  attend Nazi re-education programmes.

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Things to do

• Read pages 74-76
• Answer Questions 1 to 3 on page 76
• Extension imagine it is 1938, you have joined
  the Hitler Youth.
• How do you feel?
• What sort of activities are you doing?
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• Write a diary of a school child attending a
  German school for one day.
• What subjects are you doing? What are you
  learning about?
• Summary
• Can you answer the questions from the start of
  the lesson?