Social impact on different grops Flashcards
1
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young people- Hitler Youth
5 things
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- It was founded in 1926. and became compulsory in 1936 and lasted till 1945
- Boys aged 14 were recruited to this movement
- Hitler Youth became part of the SA promising boys might be sent to Hitler Schools where they were trained to lead
- Boys wore military style outfits and took part in physical exercise preparing for war, many later joined the army.
- they would help with the war effort- helping with air defence work, farm work, and collecting donations for Nazi charities.
2
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Young people- League of German Maidens
2 things
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- Girls between 14 and 18 joined this
- they were trained in domestic skills like cooking and sewing. sometimes they took part in physical activities like camping and hiking.
3
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Young people- Schools and Unis
6 things
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- education meant learning Nazi propaganda
- No Jewish people could teach in schools/ unis
- most teachers joined the Nazi Teacher’s Association and were trained in Nazi methods- children had to report teachers who did no use them.
- Subjects like history or biology were rewritten to fit in with Nazi ideas. They were taught to be anti-semitic and that the 1st world war was lost beacuse of Jews and communists.
- PE became more important for boys sometimes playing war games with live ammunition
- uni students burned anti-nazi and jewish books and jewish lecturers were sacked.
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Women- large families
4 things
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- Nazis didn’t want women to have freedom, the role of women was to support their families at home. women existed to provide children
- The league of German Maidens spread the idea that it was an honour to produce large families- they were given awards for doing so.
- Girls were taught cookery and it was stressed that they should choose Aryan husbands
- Women were banned from being lawyers in 1936 and Nazis did Hitler best to stop them from working at all
5
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Most churhc member supported the Nazis
2 things
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- Hitler had stopped the spread of communism which was anti-religious.
- but some werent