History 3&4

Question 1

HITLER, GOEBBELS,
AND PROPAGANDA
1.JOSEF GOEBBELS’ INTERESTS AND IDEAS

Answer 1

Anti-Jewish

Catholic upbringing, but as a young
adult, he began to separate himself from
the church

PhD from University of Heidelberg

Philologist

Found Hitler to be extremely persuasive

Question 2

JOSEF GOEBBELS’ CAREER

Answer 2

Author (by 1940, he had written 14
books)

District Leader of Berlin

Chief of Propaganda for the Nazi Party

Reich Minister of Propaganda (1933-35)

Question 3

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN GOEBBELS AND HITLER

Answer 3

Appreciation for the arts

Good at public speaking

Rehearsed upcoming speeches in front
of a mirror

Question 4

METHODS OF COMMUNICATION USED BY NAZI PARTY

Answer 4

Posters

Public Speaking

Radio broadcasts

Rallies

Literature

Saturation

Question 5

YOUNG PEOPLE IN
GERMANY UNDER NAZI
RULE

Answer 5

YOUNG PEOPLE: VALUABLE RESOURCE

Goal of the Third Reich is to “last a
thousand years”

Question 6

HOW TO BRING UP YOUNG NAZIS

Answer 6

Nazis focused on 2 primary approaches

Education system

Social Movement

Question 7

EDUCATION GOVERNANCE

Answer 7

Prior to 1933, schools were run locally

After gaining power, Nazi’s shift
education control from state to federal

Question 8

EDUCATOR REQUIREMENTS

Answer 8

Jewish teachers were fired/sacked

All teachers required to join the
Nazi Teacher’s League

All teachers required to swear loyalty to
Hitler

Question 9

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Answer 9

Biology textbooks re-written

History textbooks re-written

Religious Education removed

Greater emphasis on sports/physical
fitness

Question 10

SOCIAL MOVEMENT

Answer 10

Students do more than go to school.
Nazi’s want to saturate ALL aspects of
life with Nazi ideology

Question 11

HITLER YOUTH

Answer 11

Youth Organizations

Hitler Youth established in the 20’s
(prior to Nazi’s gaining control)

Lots of other Youth groups existed

Once Nazi’s gained power, almost all
other groups are banned

Question 12

HITLER YOUTH STRUCTURE

Answer 12

By 1936, membership is virtually
compulsory

Boys and girls groups are separated

Question 13

BOY’S GROUPS

Answer 13

Designed to make them good soldiers

Basic military training

Camp craft

Map reading

Cleaning and firing a rifle

Drill and discipline

Political indoctrination

Evils of the Jewry

Injustices of the peace settlements

Biographies of Hitler

Question 14

GIRLS’ GROUPS

Answer 14

“League of German Maidens”

Focus is to prepare for motherhood

Emphasis on fitness

Cooking

Sewing

Managing a household budget

Question 15

REBELS

Answer 15

Not all youth are on-board

2 groups in particular resisted

Swing movement

Eidelweiss Pirates

Question 16

SWING MOVEMENT

Answer 16

Largely middle and upper-middle class

Wanted freedom to express themselves
as they wanted

Music

Dance

Fashion

Question 17

EIDELWEISS PIRATES

Answer 17

Working- class youth aged 14-17 (gap
years between finishing school and
joining the army)

Organized as groups of gangs in different
cities

Taunted member of the Hitler Youth

Sang anti-Nazi songs on street corners

During the war, they escalated their
involvement

Sheltering deserters

Distributing allied leaflets

Acts of sabotage