Youth Movements

Nazi Youth Policy - Aims

Hitler hoped that German children would be patriotic (love of one’s country) supporters of a strong Germany. To control the young, the Nazis created a number of youth organisations.

Youth Organisations in Nazi Germany

Boys aged 10 to 14 were part of the Young German Folk.
Girls aged 10 to 14 were part of the Young Girls.
Boys aged 14 to 18 were part of the Hitler Youth.
Girls aged 14 to 18 were part of the League of German Maidens.
- Membership for all was compulsory for children aged 10 in 1936.

The aim for boys in Nazi Germany

Hitler wanted to prepare boys to be future soldiers and political leaders.
- Boys wore military uniforms and their activities focused on physical exercise and political indoctrination (teaching people to accept beliefs without questioning).
- Such activities included sports, singing, shooting, learning military drills, and camping.

The aim for girls in Nazi Germany

Hitler wanted to prepare girls to be future mothers.
- Girls wore a uniform as well. Their activities also focused on physical exercise and learning skills like cooking, which are usually associated with 'homemakers'.
Girls did do sports and singing, as well as cleaning, cooking, and baking.

1Dictatorship

1.1Hitler & The Nazi Party in 1933

1.1.1The Origins of the Nazi Party

1.1.2Hitler & The Growth of the Party

1.1.3The 1932 Election

1.2Establishing Dictatorship, 1933-1934

1.2.1Establishing Dictatorship

1.2.2Achieving Total Power, July 1933 - August 1934

1.2.3End of Topic Test - Dictatorship

1.2.4Grade 9 - Dictatorship

2Control & Opposition

2.1The Machinery of Terror

2.1.1Police State & Legal System

2.1.2The Gestapo & SS

2.1.3Concentration Camps

2.1.4End of Topic Test - Control & Opposition

2.2Nazi Propaganda

2.2.1The Effectiveness of Nazi Propaganda

2.3Opposition to Nazi Rule

2.3.1The Left

2.3.2Church Leaders

2.3.3Youth Groups

2.3.4Support for Nazi Rule

2.3.5End of Topic Test - Propaganda & Opposition

2.3.6Grade 9 - Propaganda & Opposition

3Changing Lives, 1933-1939

3.1Work & Home

3.1.1Work

3.1.2Home

3.2The Lives of Young People

3.2.1Education

3.2.2Youth Movements

3.3Nazi Racial Policy

3.3.1Racial Policy

3.3.2Persecution of the Jews

3.3.3End of Topic Test 0 Changing Lives

3.3.4Grade 9 - Changing Lives

4Germany in War

4.1The Impact of War

4.1.1Impact of the War Economy on the People

4.1.2Impact of Total War on the People

4.2Growing Opposition from the German People

4.2.1Opposition from the People

4.2.2Opposition from the Army

4.2.3End of Topic Test - Germany in War

4.2.4Grade 9 - Germany in War

5Occupation

5.1Nazi Rule in Eastern and Western Europe

5.1.1The Start of World War 2

5.1.2Western Europe

5.1.3Eastern Europe

5.1.4End of Topic Test - Occupation

5.2The Final Solution

5.2.1Ghettos & Executions

5.2.2Death Camps

5.2.3End of Topic Test - The Final Solution

5.3Responses to Nazi Rule

5.3.1Collaboration

5.3.2Accommodation

5.3.3Resistance

5.3.4End of Topic Test - Responses to Nazi Rule

5.3.5Grade 9 - Occupation

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