3) Nazi Society 2: Education Flashcards

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What did the nazis make sure the school system was geared towards?

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Towards presenting children with nazi views

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What did the Nazis know must begin in school?

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Successful indoctrination

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Why was it easy to target children in school?

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They were a captive audience so it was easy to shape their minds

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What did history lessons concentrate on?

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The injustices of the Treaty of Versailles and the weakness of the Weimar Republic and the evils of Communism and the Jews

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What did Biology lessons teach?

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That Germans were members of the Aryan race which was superior to other races

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What did the new subject on the curriculum, eugenics teach?

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TOTGDOMWAWR and also how to measure facial features in order to classify racial types

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What idea did eugenics push?

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The idea of the master race

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What did geography teach?

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Taught about the land Germany lost under the Treaty of Versailles and the need for more living space or LEBENSRAUM for the expansion of the master race

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What did the lessons of Lebensraum prepare children to do?

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Prepared children and made them willing to attack Poland and risk their lives without question

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How much of school time was devoted to P.E?

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15% of school time

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What did the central role of P.E help ensure?

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It helped ensure boys would be fit for a future army service and girls would be fit for producing as many children as possible

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What did girls spend a lot of time doing?

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They spent a lot of time in domestic sciences being tsught how to be ideal wives and mothers

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What were Jewish children banned from?

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Attending many lessons

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What were Jewish children used as examples of?

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Used as examples of those possessing non-Aryan characteristics and they would often be brought in front of the class and have their noses measured during eugenics lessons

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Why did this happen to Jewish children?

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To humiliate them and make them feel different and not part of the Volksgemeinschaft

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In 1933 what did it become compulsory for teachers to join?

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The Nazi Teacher’s Association and those who refused lost their jobs so it was a career move to join the association

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What happened to jewish teachers after 1933?

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They were removed as it was deemed undesirable for a jewish person to be teaching aryan children

17
Q

By 1942 what had happened to jewish schools?

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They had been banned altogether

18
Q

Who were anti nazi gangs mainly made up of?

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Working class youths who refused to conform to the nazi ideal of how youths should appear and behave

19
Q

Name a gang who became very politically minded and well organised

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Edelweiss Pirates

20
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What happened to members of the politically minded gangs such as the Edelweiss Pirates?

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They were sometimes caught by the Gestapo and sent to juvenile concentration camps or even to their deaths