Nazi Germany

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 trainingAt 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

GirlsLed by Gertrud

Scholz-Klink

BoysLed 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