Transcript Hitler Youth Propaganda

Hitler Youth
Propaganda
“He alone who owns the youth, gains the
Future!”
Today’s Boys and Girls
are Tomorrow’s
Soldiers …
- 1930s: Adolf Hitler trained and turned the youth in
Germany into “good Nazis”
- Children marched through the street and terrorized
townspeople
- Learned how to fight and advocated for Hitler
- “Tattle tales”: Turned their backs on those who did not
uphold Nazi agenda (even their own parents!)
- Hitler knew the minds of
children could be shaped
like clay.
"If an adult says 'I will not
come over to your
side' I will calmly answer
'your child belongs to us
already.' What are you?
You will pass on!"
- The “Big Father”
- He took over their
upbringing, education and
leisure time
- He warned parents that
interference or failure to
cooperate would
result in imprisonment or
having their children sent to
other Nazi homes to be
reared.
- He wrecked the German
school system
- He cared nothing about
reading, writing or arithmetic
“I do not want an intellectual
education. I want young people
who will grow up to frighten the
world... arrogant,
violent, unafraid, cruel youth
who must be able to suffer pain.
Nothing tender and weak must
be left in them."
- Schools were turned into Nazi
training centres; all courses were
“Nazi-fied”
- Jewish teachers and professors
were fired
- Some students were so
brainwashed that they turned on
their anti-Nazi parents
Brainwashing…..
A Typical School Scene in Nazi
Germany
- At the front of the class, a
picture of Hitler.
- Salute the picture at least
10 times a day
- Lunch: Prayer to the
“Fueher” thanking him
for the food
- Teachers had to swear to
make students into Nazis
(under oath).
“MEIN KAMPF”
Youth Groups
Hitler Youth – boys 6 – 18
- After 1936, all boys had to be a part of
the organization.
- They attended military camps trained to
be soldiers, studied the Nazi philosophy
and swore an oath to Hitler.
- "Blood and Honour" upon graduation
and a diploma from the Hitler youth
League of German Maidens - girls
10-18
- They wore uniforms, went backpacking on
long marches and learned survival
techniques.
-“Proper Nazi mothers”
“It is your duty to bear children for the
fatherlands! The Fueher wills it! Marriage
is unimportant'“
- As a result many young teenagers became
mothers
Anti-Jewish Views
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Hitler blamed the Jews for many of Germany's
social problems.
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Jewish families "shown the door" in his society.
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Jews and their families were made to take the
blame for any problems that Germany faced
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Public persecutions helped Hitler to control his
youth.
Key Points in Hitler Youth
Propaganda:
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Hitler used his image as a father figure
Hitler used an organized program to keep the kids
occupied
Hitler made certain that children were kept as
ignorant as possible
Hitler used the Jews as a focus of blame
Hitler used a propaganda program
Hitler wrote books and other propaganda
materials to promote his views