Nazi Youth Flashcards
(11 cards)
In what aspects of life did Nazis take advantage of?
-> Establishing:
Nazi indoctrinated schools
New schools for future German leaders
In the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens
At home
What was the method to gain control in:
Schools
-> The promoted Nazi beliefs in school through different subjects
-> Subjects taught by Nazi approved teachers
-> They were taught that economic hardships in the 1920s were caused by Jews
-> Aryan Superior Race
What was the method to gain control in:
New schools for future German Leaders
-> 3 selective schools
-> Napolas school: Set up by SS for aspiring officers.
NOTE: 6k children attended these
-> Adolf Hitler Schools: 12 set up for find future SS leaders
What was the method to gain control in:
In Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens
1930
-> If you were a boy:
-> You would be:
-> physically fit
-> marched in parades
-> leisure time devoted to Nazis
-> knew how to clean a rifle
If you were a girl:
-> Knew how to cook and sew and other domestic tasks
NOTE: 6 millions members
What was the method to gain control in:
At home
-> Alienated from parents
-> Hitler’s first priority since you are easy to indoctrinate
-> Parents dislike Nazi regulators and inspectors
How many hours a day did children in Nazi schools experience sports
-> 5 hours a day
How did Nazis penalize other youth groups
-> They made them illegal and a membership to Hitler Youth group compulsory in 1939
What was a problem in juvenile crimes in 1930 - 1939?
-> Crimes rose to 175000 young people being convicted
-> Demonstrated that the Nazi German youth was in a bad state.
Nazi youth resistance groups
The “Sw__g” M__ment
–> The “Swing” movement
–> Went to parties and listened to American English music
–> Accepted Jewish People
Nazi youth resistance groups
The Ed__ss P__ates
–> Working class teens
-> Sang song lyrics that mocked Germany and attacked Hitler Youth
Nazi Response to Resistance movements
In 1944, “ringleaders” were rounded up and hanged publicly
