The Social Impact of the Nazi State
The Nazis and Young People
Lesson aims:
To be able to explain Nazi policy
towards young people.
Learning objectives:
• C:I will be able to describe
Nazi policies for the young
• B:I should be able to explain
Nazi policies for the young
• A:I could be able to
evaluate the successes and
failures of these policies
Education for death
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1LHe
im_hA&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0USg
YKGqYU&feature=watch_response with
subtitles
Hitler Youth Camp
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdkg5s
Pf-tk Hitler Youth Camp
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=betB1_u
q4s8&playnext=1&list=PL3D4D72366980
DB3E Hitler Youth
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8UlviPp
Tzs Education
Henry Metlemann
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVUAI
PMsZ60&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RV14x
FAFvg&feature=related
This is programme from the lesson and is
excellent for consolidating all Nazi policy
towards women, the young and gaining
Lebensraum (living space) for Germans
WHAT WAS
THE HITLER
YOUTH
MOVEMENT?
The Hitler Youth Movement
Girls 10 – 14
Boys 10 - 14
League of Young
Girls
German Young
People
(DJV)
(JM)
•Learning Nazi
ideas and songs
•Athletics
•Hiking and
camping
Boys 14 -18
Hitler Youth
•Military skills
•Cross
country
marching
•Map skills
•Map reading
Girls 14 - 18
League of
German Maidens
•Domestic skills
•Preparation for
motherhood
How did
the Hitler
Youth
control
the young?
Why was the Hitler Youth so
important to the Nazi’s?
LEBENSRAUM
CONTROL
(living space for
Germans)
•CHILDREN ARE
THE FUTURE
•MORE
IMPRESSIONABLE
•MOST LIKELY TO
REBEL
•GET TO PARENTS
THROUGH THEM
Hitler Youth
Boys trained
to be warriors
to fight
Aim
To create a strong united Germany
Where only Nazi ideas are allowed.
Girls trained
to be mothers
After watching the video answer these
questions:
1. What was Henry’s fathers reaction to him joining the
Hitler Youth?
2. What happened to Jewish children in schools?
3. Describe some of the school lessons? What was the
aim of them?
4. What did Henry say they encouraged the children to
do in meetings?
5. What was the attraction of being a member of the
Hitler Youth for young people in Germany?
6. Summarise how the Hitler Youth controlled young
people.
How did the Nazi’s use the Hitler
Youth to control the young?
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They are more impressionable
They are more likely to rebel
Keep them busy
Indoctrinate them with Nazi ideas
Control their parents through
Build a strong fit generation of Germans
Prepare girls for motherhood
Prepare boys to fight for Germany’s new empire
(LEBENSRAUM)
Did all young people join the
Hitler Youth?
• By 1939 there were 8.9 million 10-18 year
olds
• The membership was 7.3 million
• So more than 1.5 million did not join
despite it being compulsory.
• Why not?