The Hitler Youth Flashcards
By 1939 what percent of 10-18 year olds were in Hitler Youth
82%
What were some Hitler Youth activities and requirements
Sport, hiking, singing
Physical tests, ‘battles’ with weapon training
War scenarios
Taught anti Semitic and anti communist views
Required to read Mein Kampf
What did girls do in the Hitler youth
What were they taught to be like when older
Girls in the BDM were trained to be good Aryan mothers to bear male babies as soldiers to give to Nazism
Hitler recognised population was low
What event in June 1933 made the Hitler Youth almost unavoidable
All other youth movements were ended by law
Some were absorbed into theHitler Youth
What were school children taught under the nazi curriculum in PE
It became 15% of curriculum
Boxing was compulsory for boys
Unsatisfactory performance led to expulsion
What were school children taught under the nazi curriculum in History
Rise of Nazism
Injustices of Treaty of Versailles
Evils of the Communists and Jews
What were school children taught under the nazi curriculum in Biology
Nazi ideas on eugenics and population control
Aryan superiority
Racial identification
What were school children taught under the nazi curriculum in German
Awareness of national identity
Hitler Youth and war heroes
What were school children taught under the nazi curriculum in Geography
Land that used to belong to Germany
Need for more living space (Lebanstraum)
What happened to Religious studies under the Nazi curriculum
Less important
Could be dropped by 1937
What would happen to teachers who did not follow the new curriculum
They would be fired
How was school for Jewish children
They were humiliated and analysed
They were segregated
Eventually they were not allowed to attends school
Why was the Hitler Youth so important to Hitler and for his Reich to continue
(Abolishing old culture)
He wanted a 1000 year Reich
Children would pass ideologies down the generation ,they are manipulative
Children encouraged to inform on their parents
(old views from Weimar)
Children (boys especially) were trained for Hitler’s total war
Describe boys and girls roles in Nazi Germany and what was expected of them
Encouraged boys to behave like soldiers (prepare for total war)
Encouraged girls to bear children for the Nazi regime
Describe when Hitler youth training was used in a real scenario for you g boys during the war
Hitler youth defended berlin at end of war when Germany was losing
