Topic 4 Indoctrination Of Youth

Question 0

Education strategies

Answer 0

Changed curriculum-stress on PE 2 hours a day, nazi ideology introduced in certain subjects eg biology

Question 1

Hitler youth

Answer 1

Created in 1926
1933 took in all other youth organisations except catholic ones
By 1936 all other groups banned and became compulsory 6m members
However many managed to avoid it especially after 14 when many left school

Question 2

Single sex education

Answer 2

Girls taught to be good home makers

Also Adolfo hitler schools which emphasised the Aryan race and military training

Question 3

National socialist teachers league

Answer 3

Many teachers sympathised to nazi ideas

By 1936 30% had voluntarily joined the party

Question 4

Edelweiss pirates

Answer 4

Objection to growing political and ideological bias of hitler youth led to growth
approx. 2000 in 1939
Political links to KPD
so,e were tried and executed

Question 5

Swing

Answer 5

Youths with wealth
Rejected hitler youth ideals and politics
Nazis felt undermined by their activities

This shows nazis did not manage to indoctrinate all hitler youth

Question 6

Did the nazis succeed?

Answer 6

Very difficult to success as
Fear therefore ideas not expressed
Many produced exaggerated claims about opposition to the regime hindsight factor
Opposition to nazi regime or rebelliousness of youth?
Safer to conform