Hitler knew loyalty
from the young were
needed for the Nazis to
remain strong
Hitler Youth
Boys aged 14 and
upwards were recruited
compulsory in March 1939
military style uniforms
took part in physical activity - very
competitive to impress the Fuhrer
trained to become soldiers
had ideals forced
into them till they
repeated them with
passion
told to report anyone who talked bad of
the Nazis
League of German Maidens
14+
domestic skills like sewing
wives and mothers
honour to produce
large families for
Germany
taught subjects like
cooking in school and how
to choose the right 'Aryan'
husband
marched in
parades, physically
fit
30% increase of
births in 6yrs
encouraged not to diet as
it affects chilld birth, long
hair flats and no make up,
children church and
cooking,
Belief and Beauty
gave oppurtunities
for further education ,
League encouraged
rebellion against
parents
Education
Nazi propaganda - Jews banned from teaching
Joined Nazi Teachers Association and
trained Nazi methods
children reported teachers
who didnt use them
subjects like biology and history
rewritten to present Nazi ideals and
make Germany sound superior
Anti-Semitism spread and children
were told WW1 was lost bc of
communists and jews
P.E more important
for boys who played
war games with live
ammunition
Universities - Jewish books burned by students, lecturers sacked
schools set up to look for future
leaders, ex-SS members were
teachers, idolized Aryan races
like the Nordic, ideal was to
produce race conscious
Germans who would die for their
Fuhrer, portrait standard feature
of classrooms, textbooks written
with anti-semetist problems and
german economy related
questions
Nazis broke
up all other
groups by
1939 except
Catholics
which broke
up that year