Transcript Youth in Nazi Germany

Youth in Nazi Germany
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”
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?
Boys Age
Activities
6-10
Pimpfen (Little Fellows).
Hiking, camping,
physical exercise.
Deutsche Jungvolk
(German Young People)
Oath of loyalty to Hitler,
trained in military
discipline and music.
10-14
14-18
Hitler Jugend (Hitler
Youth). More advanced
military training.
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
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.
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”
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
Teachers
• Told what to teach
• If spoke against Nazis : sacked and forced to
attend Nazi re-education programmes.
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?
• OR
• 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?