👨‍👩‍👧4.2 Nazi Policies Towards the Young

Question 1

Q2: What happened to teachers under Nazi rule?

Answer 1

A2: Teachers had to join the Nazi Teachers’ League and swear loyalty to Hitler. Disobedient teachers could be sacked.

Question 1

Q1: How did the Nazis control education in schools?

Answer 1

A1: All subjects were taught with Nazi ideology — e.g. race studies, glorifying Hitler, and rewriting history.

Question 2

Q3: How was the curriculum changed?

Answer 2

A3: More focus on PE (fitness), military training for boys, domestic skills for girls, and anti-Semitic ideas across subjects

Question 3

Q4: What were the two main Nazi youth organisations?

Answer 3

A4: Boys: Hitler Youth
Girls: League of German Maidens

Question 4

Q5: When did joining Nazi youth groups become compulsory?

Answer 4

A5: In 1936, membership was made mandatory for all German youth.

Question 5

Q6: What were boys taught in the Hitler Youth?

Answer 5

A6: Military training, fitness, loyalty to Hitler, and survival skills to prepare them for the army.

Question 6

Q7: What were girls taught in the League of German Maidens?

Answer 6

A7: Home-making, motherhood, and how to be a good Nazi wife and mother.