Nazi policies towards the young Flashcards

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What was the Hitler Youth?

The Nazi youth organisation for boys (14–18), run by Baldur von Schirach, which used drill, camping and military-style training to prepare them to be soldiers and loyal Nazis.

What was the League of German Maidens (BDM)?

The Nazi youth organisation for girls (14–18), which taught physical fitness and domestic skills to prepare them for their role as mothers.

How did the Nazis control teachers?

Teachers had to join the Nazi Teachers' League and swear loyalty to Hitler; Jewish teachers were dismissed and others sent on Nazi training courses.

How did the Nazis change the school curriculum from 1933?

Physical training time was greatly increased, Race Studies and Eugenics were added, and history and biology were rewritten to teach Nazi racial ideas.

Which Nazi youth groups were for children aged 10–14?

The German Young People (Jungvolk) for boys and the Young Girls (Jungmädel) for girls. At 14 they moved up to the Hitler Youth or the League of German Maidens.

What were the Adolf Hitler Schools and the Napolas?

Elite Nazi schools that trained selected boys to become future leaders of the Party, the state and the armed forces.

How did the school curriculum differ for boys and girls in Nazi Germany?

Girls were taught domestic skills such as cookery and needlework to prepare them for motherhood. Boys did more science and military-style training to prepare them to be soldiers.