Nazi policies with the youth Flashcards

1
Q

What were the 3 ways in which the Nazis controlled the youth

A

Education system, Hitler youth and the league for German girls

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2
Q

What law expelled Jewish teacher from the education system

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Law for Re-Establishment of a Professional Civil Service

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3
Q

When was the Law for Re-Establishment of a Professional Civil Service

A

1933

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4
Q

When was there vetting of textbooks by the Nazi committees (changing them to the ideas the Nazis wanted to get across)

A

1933

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5
Q

What year were directives told what areas they can teach by the Ministry of Education

A

1935

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6
Q

What was one subject the Nazis emphasised on

A

PE

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7
Q

What type of tales were taught withing the schools

A

Nordic sagas and anything else that stated that volksgemeinschaft would happen

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8
Q

Why was biology focused on

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So the students could understand how the genes were passed down through family and they emphasised on evolution and the idea of survival of the fittest

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9
Q

Why was geography focused on

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Learnt about the land lost in the treaty, lebensraum and Poland

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10
Q

What percentage of the people at university were women

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10%, Nazis felt as though they should stay home and clean

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11
Q

What percentage of the people at university were Jewish

A

1.5%

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12
Q

How many staff were fired from universities on racial or political grounds

A

1200

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13
Q

When were staff declared to sign in support of Hitler

A

November 1933, made it legal

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14
Q

Where were university student forced to serve for 2 months

A

SA camps

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15
Q

Why was the importance of university education decreased between 1933 and 1939

A

As they are 18 and over so the main focus was training them up in the army first also so people would not become clever enough to start asking questions

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16
Q

When was the Hitler youth created and was it initially successful

A

1926 and it was not

17
Q

When were all other youth groups besides the catholic church banned

A

1933W

18
Q

When was the catholic youth banned and the Hitler youth the only youth group available

A

1936

19
Q

Where did the Hitler youth have free access too all over the country

A

Sports facilities and all their resources

20
Q

When was the Hitler youth membership made compulsory

A

1939

21
Q

What did the quote ‘Live faithfully, fight bravely, die laughing’ mean for the Hitler youth

A

Be faithful to the Nazis, be ready for war and you cannot complain when your hurt

22
Q

What did the members of the Hitler youth have to swear to Hitler

A

An oath of alliegence

23
Q

What was used to indoctrinate Nazi ideology

A

Songs, pamphlets, hikes, rituals

24
Q

How many members were in the Hitler youth in 1930

A

20,000

25
Q

How many members were in the Hitler youth in 1939

A

8.8 million, however membership ta parades began to wane

26
Q

What happened when children’s parents did not want them to join the Hitler youth

A

They would join anyway

27
Q

What did the quote ‘Be faithful, be pure, be German’ mean for the league of German girls

A

Be faithful to your husband, keep your family Aryan in race and do your duty to your country

28
Q

What type of dancing were league of German girls expected to do

A

Ballroom as it was modest and their lessons also kept them fit and active

29
Q

What other sport were the league of German girls expected to do to keep fit aswell as ballroom

A

Gymnastics

30
Q

When did membership become compulsory for league of German girls

A

1939

31
Q

What did the quote mean ‘your body belongs to the nation’ for league of German girls

A

You had to have babies as that is the duty our body had

32
Q

What type of lessons did most league of German girls partake in

A

Lessons on how to be mothers

33
Q

Why did league of German girls have to eat healthy

A

Their bodies were precious

34
Q

Why did many join the league of German girls

A

As they could do things there parents could not and leave the constraints of their home

35
Q

How was the league of German girls a classless system

A

It did not matter where you came from all was welcome and all mixed

36
Q

After 1934 what were the league of German girls girls expected to do

A

1 year domestic service work, this was unpopular with city girls

37
Q

What did all women up to the age of 25 have to do in the league of German girls

A

1 year of unpaid work with Reich Labour Service (equivalent of male military service)

38
Q

What were some of the league of German girls’ rules

A

Always keep yourself clean, tend and exercise your body
Drink fruit juice. Leave coffee to the coffee addicts
Practise first aid for use in accidents
Sleep at least nine hours every night