Nazi
Germany
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 figures
retalb peres
lurofld seshs
richiehn relimhm
sopehj segebebosl
nhnearmn ringog
dalfo tilreh
STARTER:
Unscramble these letters to form
leading Nazi figures
retalb peres
lurofld seshs
richiehn relimhm
sopehj segebebosl
nhnearmn ringog
dalfo tilreh
Albert Speer
Rudolf Hess
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goring
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
The reality…..
Idealistic propaganda of
the perfect German girl
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
Youth organizations
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.
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth
policies as part of his total control of German society
Structure of the Youth Movement
Age
6–10
10–14
14–18
Boys
Girls
Led by Baldur von
Led by Gertrud
Schirach
Scholz-Klink
Pimpfen
–
(Little Fellows)
Deutsches Jungvolk The Jungmädel (JM)
(DJ)
(Young Girls)
(German Young Folk)
The Hitlerjugend
The Bund Deutscher
(HJ)
Mädchen (BDM)
(Hitler Youth)
(German Girls’ League)
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
Resistance to the Youth Movements
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.
LO: Understand and explain the significance of Hitler’s Youth policies as part
of his total control of German society
The Swing movement and the Navajos
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.
Swing Kids: 10 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLR_
Daw2Lwg&feature=related
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 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdkg5sPf-tk
Hitler Youth Training (in German) – 4 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNftqfvQ6os&fea
ture=fvwrel
Edelweiss Pirates - Heroes Against Fascism – 8 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUsjRLF4pA
Edelweisspiraten - Trailer – 4 mins
http://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 Nazis
5. 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