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NaziGermany
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
STARTER: Unscramble these letters to form
leading Nazi figuresretalb peres lurofld seshs
richiehn relimhmsopehj segebeboslnhnearmn ringog
dalfo tilreh
STARTER: Unscramble these letters to form
leading Nazi figures
retalb peres Albert Speerlurofld seshs Rudolf Hess richiehn relimhm Heinrich Himmlersopehj segebebosl Joseph Goebbels nhnearmn ringog Hermann Goringdalfo tilreh Adolf Hitler
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the Future!
Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichstag, 1935
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the Future!
Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichstag, 1935
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the Future!
Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichstag, 1935
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the Future!
Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichstag, 1935
He alone, who
owns the youth,
gains the Future!
Adolf Hitler, speech at the Reichstag, 1935
Members of the Hitler Youth at
military training
At an after-school meeting, Hitler Youth wear gas masks as part of
their military training in 1938.
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
What are they holding?What do you think they are going to do?
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
Hitler placed a higher value on what children did than on what they studied.
As a result of this, the importance of schools was diminished by the growth of Nazi youth organizations:
• THE HITLER YOUTH MOVEMENT
•THE LEAGUE OF GERMAN MAIDENS
Idealistic propaganda of the perfect German girl
The reality…..
Hitler was promoted as a perfect role model for young Germans
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
All young people were supposed to join a Nazi Youth Movement.
Other youth movements, such as the Scouts and Girl Guides, were banned.
Hitler’s organizations taught them loyalty and were designed to prepare girls and boys for the roles they
would need to perform in wartime.
Youth organizations
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
The Bund Deutscher Mädchen (BDM)
(German Girls’ League)
The Hitlerjugend (HJ)
(Hitler Youth)
14–18
The Jungmädel (JM)
(Young Girls)
Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ)
(German Young Folk)
10–14
–Pimpfen
(Little Fellows)
6–10
Girls
Led by Gertrud Scholz-Klink
Boys
Led by Baldur von Schirach
Age
Structure of the Youth Movement
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
The Youth Movements – popular features
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
Unpopular features
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
The youth groups were not universally popular. Many young Germans found them too regimented and militaristic.
By 1938, attendance levels at Hitler Youth clubs was barely 25%, prompting the government to make attendance compulsory in 1939.
Some young people formed their own alternative groups:
The Edelweiss Pirates grew their hair long and fought with members of the Hitler Youth. Members of the Swing Movement defied the Nazis by listening to banned American Jazz music.
During the war, the Gestapo cracked down on these groups. Some members as young as 16 were even hanged.
Resistance to the Youth Movements
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
Some young people chose to oppose the Nazis, even though they (unlike the Jews) could have lived a quiet life in the Third Reich.
The Swing movement met to dance and listen to forbidden jazz music, and welcomed Jews in their clubs.
The Edelweiss Pirates, or Navajos, helped deserters and refugees during the war – 12 of their leaders were hanged in Cologne in 1944 for attacking the Gestapo.
The Swing movement and the Navajos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLR_Daw2Lwg&feature=related
Swing Kids: 10 minutes
How did the Nazis respond to this anti-social threat?
‘Undesirables and criminals’ executed in 1939
‘Undesirables and criminals’ executed in 1939
‘Undesirables and criminals’ executed in 1939
The White Rose
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society
Opposition to the Nazis -
Sophie Scholl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJXLZdnhCI&feature=related
14 minutes
Hitler youth camp (Hitler speech – 10 minshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdkg5sPf-tk
Hitler Youth Training (in German) – 4 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNftqfvQ6os&feature=fvwrel
Edelweiss Pirates - Heroes Against Fascism – 8 minshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUsjRLF4pA
Edelweisspiraten - Trailer – 4 minshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edy4al00UPU
TASKS:1. What were the two Nazi youth movements called?2. Explain what Hitler meant in his quote: He alone, who
owns the youth, gains the Future!3. Describe the Nazi ideal of how girls should look and
behave. 4. Name two youth organizations banned by the Nazis5. Explain why (a) boys, & (b) girls found the Nazi youth
movement appealing.6. Explain what was unpopular for some young people
about the Nazi youth movements.7. Write a paragraph describing who (a) the Edelweiss
Pirates and (b) Swing Movement were. Explain their attitudes to the Nazis.
8. Write a paragraph describing the ‘White Rose’, include the example of Sophie Scholl in your answer.
Plenary
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part of his total control of German society