How did the Nazis Change the Lives of Young People? Flashcards
How had Hitler hoped to use the German school system?
To brainwash young Germans into loving him and the Nazi Party.
What did Hitler believe about young children who learned to idolise him?
That they would continue to admire him for the rest of their lives.
What happened to children to make them believe a particular set of ideas?
They were indoctrinated.
What were there very few opportunities for the students to do?
Think for themselves.
What were students mainly taught about in history?
Great German military victories and how badly Germany was treated at the end of the First World War.
What were students mainly taught about in geography?
They outlined areas in the world that Germany would soon conquer.
What were students mainly taught about in science?
Weapon-making and chemical warfare.
What were students asked about in maths?
They were asked to calculate how much money Germany would save if they got rid of all disabled people.
What happened to the amount of time given over to PE?
It trebled in the 1930s.
What new subject was made?
‘Eugenics’ - Race Studies.
What were students taught about in Eugenics?
Here, students were taught how to improve their race and about the Nazi belief in the inferiority of black people, eastern Europeans and in particular, Jews.
What could help explain why so many ordinary Germans failed to speak out against the way Nazis persecuted other races?
A whole generation of young people grew up believing that they were better than other races.
What happened to textbooks in school?
They were rewritten so that Nazi beliefs were taught as accepted facts.
What were teachers made to do in schools?
Put across Nazi ideas in lessons.
What did all teachers have to join and what happened if they refused to join?
The German Teachers League, and any who refused to teach the way that Nazis wanted were sacked.
What happened to students who were identified by their teachers as potential future Nazi leaders?
They were sent to special academies known as ‘Napolas’ (National Political Educational Institutions)
What did the Hitler Youth Organisations set up?
Schools, called ‘Adolf Hitler Schools’
What did individuals do at ‘Adolf Hitler Schools’?
They did intense training, including many academic examinations and tough physical exercise.
What did youngsters at ‘Adolf Hitler Schools’ graduate as?
‘Ideal Nazis’.
What % university lecturers or professors were replaced between what years?
Between 1933 and 1934, 15% of lecturers.
How much of the % of university lecturers or professors being replaced were for what reasons?
A third for racial reasons, a half for political reasons.
How many university lecturers or professors were dismissed by 1939?
Over 3000.
Which world-famous physicist left the country due to the Nazis?
Albert Einstein.