C16, Social Policies Flashcards
Volksgemeinschaft
Nation unified by blood, race and ideology
Fit and healthy citizens who are loyal to the Fuhrer
Nazi control over teachers
Reestablishment Civil Service 1933 meant could sack teachers
National Socialist Teachers League
Ministry of Education
Nazi control over curriculum
Promote racial and physical health
Consciousness of being German
Universities
Rate decreased
University staff dismissed due to race
Students forced to do labour work
When did the official education movement of Hitler Youth begin
1936
What was the ‘Hitler Youth’
Political indoctrination
Swore Oath to Hitler
Rituals, ceremonies
League of German Girls
Prep for motherhood
Promote health and to be prepared for childbirth
Taught how to cook and sew
Opposition to Nazis from Youth
Attendence of Hitler Youth and BDM reduced post 1936
Youth cliques
White Rose student group
Significance of Bonhoffer
Key activist against Nazis
Leading spokesman for the Confessing Church
Demonstrated failures of indoctrination
Worked undercover in Germany’s military intelligence department
Nazi view on the Church
Initial aim to take control, but wary
View of Christianity was National socialism
What was the ‘Reich Church’
Centralised Evangelical Church
Ran by Ludwig Muller
‘Aryan Paragraph’ so pastors had to convert to Christianity
What was the ‘Confessional Church’
group of 500 pastors against Nazis
Re established theology based on Bible
Evidence for successful coordination of Churches
Control of some Pastors
Centralise some Churches
600,000 supporters of Nazi pressure group of German Christians
Evidence for Failed Coordination of Churches
5% listed as ‘God-believers’
Nazi party members could not come into Christian leaderships
Stormtroopers could not wear uniform at services
Obstacle of Catholic Church to Nazis initially
Pope had main authority, not Fuhrer
