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Reichstag Fire, Feb 1933
Enabling Act, March 1933
Nuremberg Law, 1935 Kristallnacht, 1938
Night of the Long Knives, June 1934
Persecution of undesirables
Death of Hindenburg, August 1934
Cult of the Fuhrer
The use of propaganda
The use of terror
Explain how each event helped the Nazis establish
control. Whats missing?
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Families, education and Children!
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How well did the Nazis control the hearts minds
of young people?
? Aims

• To explain why millions joined the Hitler Youth
  and some didnt
• To find out how the Nazis controlled schools
  education

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Typical members of the Hitler Youth (Hitler
Jugend, HJ)
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League of German Maidens
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Example activities
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? Your task

• Read p. 130-1 and make a note of the reasons why
  so many young people joined the Hitler Youth
  movement.

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Reasons for the popularity of Hitler Youth

• Tradition of youth groups in Germany (Volk
  culture)
• Alternative youth groups closed
• From 1936 membership compulsory
• Well organised different groups for different
  ages
• Hitler Youth, League of German Maidens
• 1939 8 million members!

Baldur von Schirach Leader of Hitler Youth
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• Range of activities games, sports, physical
  education, parade, camping all appealed to
  young people
• Children were brainwashed into loyalty to Führer
• Fed anti-Communist anti-Semitic hatred
• Children believed they were helping the war effort

Hitler Youth soldiers played a crucial role in
the defence of Berlin, 1945
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Not all youths supported the Nazis. Why would
these young people have attracted the attention
of the Nazi authorities?
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? Your task

• Did everyone support the Hitler Youth? Read p.151
  in your text book and note the reasons why the
  Nazis would have been horrified by the behaviour
  of some young people.

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Opposition from youths

• Swing clubs disrespectful to the Führer, e.g.
  Heil Benny greeting
• Edelweiss Pirates bullied members of the Hitler
  Youth
• Some youths sheltered deserters escapees
• White Rose group distributed Nazi propaganda

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Not all youths supported the regime Sophie
Scholl and her brother Hans, members of White Rose
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? Homework part I

• Write your own Hitler Youth diary. Refer to the
  following things in your account
• Different types of organisations (including the
  illegal ones)
• Typical activities fun military
• Attitude to the Fuhrer
• Things you learned about opponents of the regime
• How you helped the war effort

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? Plenary

• Give 3 examples of typical Nazi activities
• List 2 different types of youth organisations
• List 2 rival youth organisations
• Give 3 reasons why so many young people joined
  the Hitler Youth
• Do you think all young people actually supported
  the Nazis?

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What do these images tell us about the role of
women under the Nazis?
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? Your task

• Read p.136-7 and note down the ways in which
  women were encouraged to help the regime.

Gertrude Scholtz-Klink, Head of Nazi Womens
Bureau
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Role of women

• Didnt work women were encouraged or forced to
  leave their jobs, e.g. all women doctors sacked
• Good housewives used leftovers, prepared
  Eintopf meal
• Good mothers healthy, promoted traditional
  family values, Honour Cross of German Mothers
• Dressed in traditional German clothes
• Brought up children to worship Führer join
  Hitler Youth

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What would children in Nazi schools have been
taught?
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? Your task

• Read p. 134-5 and create a spider diagram noting
  down the changes the Nazis introduced to schools.
  Include these headings
• Teachers
• Types of schools
• Education for Jews
• Education for girls
• PE
• History
• Biology
• Geography
• RE

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What clues does this cartoon from Nazi Germany
provide about changes that were introduced to
schooling?
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? Plenary

• You are the head of a new Nazi school. Design a
  new timetable for your school giving due
  importance to subjects the Nazis endorsed and
  reducing the number of hours for those they
  thought were less important.

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? Homework

• Complete the second section of your diary. It
  should be at least 1 side of A4 in total. Include
  references to the following
• Jewish students
• Subjects studied
• Special schools
• Teachers