ONB and OND

Question 1

What age did children enroll?

Answer 1

8-14

Question 2

What activities took place?

Answer 2

sport, summer camps, pre-military

training.

Question 3

what was the problem with the ONB?

Answer 3

Youths probably attracted more by facilities and
opportunities than propaganda message but ONB
boosted regime.

Question 4

when did the ONB become compulsory?

Answer 4

1939 became compulsory – certainly caused loss of

enthusiasm amongst youth

Question 5

What was the OND?

Answer 5

OND – national network of subsidised Fascist leisure

clubs for workers.

Question 6

When was it established?

Answer 6

Est. 1925 & under PNF control from 1927.

Question 7

What is the OND involve?

Answer 7

Sport, music, films, plays, dancing, organised
holidays, welfare for poor families. Cinema, theatre
companies, sports clubs, orchestras, libraries.

Question 8

How many people joined it?

Answer 8

Became most active and largest adult organisation –

4 million members in 1939.

Question 9

Why did the OND lead to the acceptance to fascism?

Answer 9

Emphasis on leisure activities rather than

indoctrination led to general acceptance of fascism.

Question 10

What was the problem with the OND?

Answer 10

manual and non-manual workers tended not to
mix.

Failed to instil fascism’s militaristic values nor foster a
real sense of national community.