The Success of Nazi Policies Toward Education and Youth
Hitler and the Nazi party had a range of policies to control education
and the German youth. This was mainly to ensure loyalty to Hitler and
the Nazi party. Some believed in these policies and other did not but
it was fear and glory and the fear of social inadequacy that made most
comply. Hitler and the Nazis wanted to control the education system
and youth by controlling the teachers, pupils and the curriculum.
In April 1933, a law was passed that made membership of the NSDAP
compulsory for civil servants. Hitler and the Nazi party wanted the
teaching profession to be dominated by pro-Nazi teachers and so
"undesirable" teachers such as Jews and those who held left wing views
were removed. In 1935 the National Socialist Teachers Alliance,
NS-Lehrerbund, replaced all teachers groups. Basically all teachers,
by 1937, belonged to the NSLB and were rigorously controlled. There
was some disagreement from teachers but most accepted that in order
for Gleichschaltung to work, the ideological indoctrination of their
pupils was necessary. Some already well established nationalist
stronghold German universities were easily taken under Nazi control
with 12 000 "unsuitable" lecturers removed and control was passed to
"reliable" pro-Nazi rectors. Professors and lecturers were forced to
adjust to the new regime's requirements or they would be replaced.
Often men who lacked the experience and qualifications of University
professors and lecturers were appointed because they would apply the
indoctrination ideology. The number of Jewish entrants to schools and
universities was limited from 1933 ...
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... quite a good extent as an extremely large number of the
German youth belonged to the Hitler Youth Movement and did provide
total obedience and were proud to be part of Hitler's youth. It was
mainly successful in achieving its aims but it caused a lot of
problems in German homes resulting in rifts between families, and it
taught the youth that Hitler was their conscience and they were
ideologically indoctrinated which in the end left them unable of free
thought and actions, basically everything they did was controlled and
based on what they were taught to do. It was not successful with all
youth though as there were a lot of student and youth organizations
that were formed which opposed Hitler and the Nazis ideology. So
basically Hitler and the Nazis policies to an extent were successful
but at a great cost to society.
Righteous Acts Throughout humanity, human beings have been faced with ethnic hardships, conflict, and exclusion because of the battle for authority. Hence, in human nature, greed, and overall power consumes the minds of some people. Groups throughout the world yearn for the ability to be the mightiest. These types of conflicts include ethnic shaming, racial exclusion, physical and verbal abuse, enslavement, imprisonment, and even death. Some of these conflicts were faced in all parts of Europe and the Pacific Region during World War II.
Control of the media was another very effective means of controlling a population. The Nazis established a ministry of propaganda on March 13, 1933 (Sauer 678). This office controlled all media, such as books, newspapers, and films ("Modern World History: Nazi Germany"). The Ministry of Truth was an essential factor in perpetuating the beliefs of the Party and did the same as the Nazis' propaganda ministry (Orwell 39). By controlling any and all mass media, both governments more easily controlled the ideas of the people. If someone were never exposed to a certain idea or belief by the media, most likely he or she would not imagine that idea on h...
After a few generations this would create kids and parents that were never going to question the fuhrer and make them completely oblivious onto what they are being taught. This helped with the war effort against basically everyone. This made the children obedient, as they were taught what Hitler wanted them to know and nothing that he didn’t want the children to know. They were forced to celebrate Hitler’s birthday and were forced to swore allegiance to him. The children were also taught that Germans were the ultimate race and that the other races and Jewish people are weak and should be crushed. The teachers where all people from the Nazi’s and were only males, the teachers even encouraged racism, and making fun of the disabled and other people with problems. They even made it seem like the Jewish people did terrible things like communism, destruction of important buildings and landmarks and even that they were terrorist that they are just bad and evil people over all. Everything from children's books to the classrooms have been changed to emphasize strength and not to pity the weak. The textbooks have been rewritten to teach them militarism, anti semitism, and to obey the fuhrer. All this taught them Nazi Ideology so the Third Reich will last forever. This also taught the future soldiers to be fearless and sacrifice themselves for
Germany along with spirit and a quest to find their position in life. Hitler recognized these
The Reactions of the Unemployed and Jews to the Ideas and Promises of the Nazis
On 30 January 1933, the German president, Paul von Hindenburg, selected Adolf Hitler to be the head of the government. This was very unexpected. Hitler was the leader of an extreme right-wing political party, the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party. Hitler sought to expand Germany with new territories and boundaries. Hitler also focused on rebuilding Germany’s military strength. In many speeches Hitler made, he spoke often about the value of “racial purity” and the dominance of the Aryan master race. The Nazi’s spread their racist beliefs in schools through textbooks, radios, new...
The Weakness of the Nazi Party in the 1920s During the years 1924 to 1928 Germany enjoyed a period of relative economic prosperity and political and social stability. Stresemann and Schachts work at rebuilding the economy with the Rentenmark had had good effect, and the Dawes Plan allowed the annual repayments to be reduced. Prices were stable and relatively low which meant that German society was stable, because of this there seemed to be no room for extremist political views and people tended to vote more toward centre parties such as the SPD. At this time the Nazi Party had been officially dissolved, and without Hitler (who was in prison for his part in the Munich Putsch) as head begun to break up into warring factions. Several former Nazis had made alliances with other right-wing Parties who contested the 1924 election, ten of whom got into the Reichstag, making Hitler fume at their betrayal.
Daily Life in Nazi Germany After assuming political power, Adolph Hitler decided to implement his mission of reviving German strength, acquiring territory for more living space or Lebensraum, and establishing a foundation of a pure racial state. In order to achieve his goals, Hitler needed to create a national community unified in mind, will, and spirit. (Volksgemeinschaft). Volksgemeinschaft could only be attained through total state control; therefore, every area of cultural and social life had to be controlled to achieve Nazi ideals. Culture, the press, movies, and children’s activities were among the many aspects of daily life controlled by the Nazis.
The Effects of Nazi Rule on Youth in Germany Education was an area where policies towards women were applied. The school curriculum was based around the idea that not many of them would go on to university. School staff was told to teach with that thought in mind so that they wouldn't teach them anything unnecessary, only things they would need to know in a German home. Crafts and skills were encouraged the most because it was what was needed in the role of a German woman. They knew that women were needed for some intellectual jobs and so needed to be educated so that they could be nurses and teachers but only certain girls would need to know this and it wasn't relevant to the majority of girls.
This was very fun for them but at the same time it was preparing them
Finally, as part of “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question”, they created concentration and killing camps. Another thing the Nazi’s did was to use eugenics as another means to micromanage the population. What is eugenics, you might ask? It’s the field of scientific study or the belief in genetically improving qualities, attributes and traits in the human race and/or improving the species as a whole—usually done by controlled/selective breeding. Those with positive, desirable, and superior traits are encouraged to reproduce and may be given monetary incentives by the government to have large families.
For those who participated in the program, it had a profound impact on their lives and their perception of the world around them. “While it was central to Hitler”s grander long-term aspirations, the Hitler Youth also served a more practical purpose in the short term. To facilitate his extravagant military ambitions, Hitler needed to create a sizeable military capable of dominating Germany’s enemies on the battlefield.” (“Hitler Youth”) The children involved in the Hitler Youth program were subjected to intense propaganda, militaristic training, and were encouraged to inform their family and friends if they expressed any dissenting opinions.
The sole aim was to give workers a sense of pride at being back in
Hitler also found the young people easy to indoctrinate as their minds were still young enough to be moulded. If the Nazis could get the support of every child, then Hitler's Germany would continue throughout ages. One major step that the Nazis took to indoctrinate the youth was to change every lesson that was taught in schools. Hitler thought that if the children grew up being taught about the Nazis, they would support and grow loyal to them. Instead of being taught the same history lessons that had been taught before the rise of...
The article talked about the Axis countries after the WWII specially Germany in term of Jewish. Education was one of the important ways for the Nazi Government because they use this kind of sectors to make people or children to be more loyal to the Nazi government. Education had an important role in the Nazi Government to make people to be more following loyal to the Nazi Government because the Nazis believed that the education make the loyal future people from the Nazis. Also, majority of the teacher were the member of the Nazi German. In the Nazi education, the children learn to follow the entire rule that the Nazi created.