Nazi Social Policies towards women Flashcards
How dd the Nazi regime establish control over the school system ?
- control over the teachers
- control of the curriculum
What policies did the Nazis create to control teachers ?
- Under the Law of for the Re- establishment of a Professional Civil Service ( 1933 ), a number of teachers were dismissed on the grounds of political unreliability or because they were Jewish
- Teachers were pressurised into joining the National Socialist Teachers’ League ( NSLB ), but most teachers were willing to comply with the regimes’ demands
- Vetting of textbooks was undertaken by local Nazi committees after 1933.From 1935, central directives were issued by the Ministry of Education covering what should be taught.
How did the Nazi regime control teachers ?
- dismissed unreliable teachers
- made them follow a certain curriculum ( Ministry of Education )
- forced to join teachers groups ( National Socialist Teachers’ League )
How did the Nazis control the curriculum ? What policies ?
- Nazis aims to create ‘ racial health ‘ led to a increased emphasis on physical education.Military style drills became a feature of PE lessons
- In German lessons, the aim was to install a ‘ consciousness of being German ‘ through the study if Nordic sagas and other traditional stories
- In Biology there was a stress on race and hereditary.Also, a string emphasis on evolution and the survival of the fittest
- Geography was used to develop awareness of the concept of the ‘ Lebensraum ‘, ‘ blood and soil’, and German racial superiority. Which implicitly supported the concept of ‘ one people, one Reich ‘
What was in the Nazi curriculum that was vital for the regime ?
- Political indoctrination
What did the Nazi controlled curriculum do for the regime ?
- implicitly introduced the concept of Nazi ideologies to young people.
What was the Nazi curriculum full of ?
- Political indoctrination
What was the access to higher education like ?
- was strictly rationed
- selection was made on the basis of political reliability
Statistics of Women and Jews at universities ?
- Women were restricted to 10% of the available places
- Jews were restricted to 1.5 %
How did The Nazis control the coordination of universities. What policies ?
- Under the Law for the Re- establishment of a Professional Civil Service , about 1200 university staff were dismissed on racial or political grounds which was around 15%
- In Nov 1933, all teachers forced to sign a ‘ Declaration in support of Hitler and the National Socialist State “.
- Students had to join the German Students’ League
Was there resistance to Nazi coordination in universities
There was practically very little resistance to their policies in the coordination of universities
- In fact, coordination was made easier by the voluntary self- coordination of many faculties.
How come there was such littler resistance to coordination of universities ?
- Even in the Weimar Republic, universities had been dominated by nationalist and anti - democratic attitudes and traditional student ‘ fraternities ‘ were a breeding ground for reactionary politics which the Nazis were able to take advantage of
When was the Hitler Youth created ?
- created in 1926
When did the Hitler Youth start to flourish ?
- The Hitler Youth only began to flourish when all other youth organisations, except those linked to the Catholic Church were banned or taken over by the Hitler Youth when the Nazis came into power
What policies made the Hitler Youth more popular ?
- In 1936, a Law for the Incorporation of German Youth gave the Hitler Youth the status of an educational movement, equal in status of a school.
- At the same time, Catholic youth organisations were banned the Hitler Youth became the only officially permitted youth organisation
- Membership of the Hitler Youth was made compulsory was made compulsory in 1939.
