How did Hitler try to control young people?

Answer 1

How Successful Were Nazi Policies Towards Young People?Summary: The Nazi policies towards young people could be viewed as one of the most successful aspects of Nazi Germany. This is because of a variety of reasons. The Nazis took advantage of the need for German youth groups and used what teenagers wanted to slip in Nazi ideals, took over the education system to portray Nazi views, and used the school system to glorify war; they also often alienated children from their parents. ----

How successful were Nazi policies towards young people?The Nazi policies towards young people could be viewed as one of the most successful aspects of Nazi Germany. This is because of a variety of reasons. The Nazis took advantage of the need for German youth groups and used what teenagers wanted to slip in Nazi ideals, took over the education system to portray Nazi views, and used the school system to glorify war; they also often alienated children from their parents. However it did have its flaws as there were several groups of youths who opposed Hitler such as the "Swing movement" and the "Edelweiss Pirates." The Hitler Youth group played a major role in Nazi control of youths especially in 1939 when it became compulsory to attend. The Nazis took what the children wanted such as group activities, hiking, camping and singing and added in extra activities such as marching, learning about Nazi policies and practicing military exercises. Many of the members were merely drawn to the youth group due to the leisure opportunities it offered and some just did not have a choice as other organisations were shut down and made illegal. As the Nazis wanted to control each aspect of a child's life they realised that education played a very important role. They altered textbooks to include Nazi history and also Nazi views of History. Students were taught about the injustice of German government and how the Jews were slowly taking over. The National Socialist party also managed to glorify the military in each school subject. They also made sure that the students had to study race and ideology everyday. As the Nazis needed to control each aspect of a child's life to have full hold on the child they realised that it was a necessity to control a child's home or family life, in many cases this meant isolating a child from his/her family. It became increasingly common in Germany for the children of the household to be much more pro-Nazi than their parents. This is because the children grew up being controlled by Nazi forces and therefore found such things as routine household checks normal, whereas older family members found it an invasion of privacy. This often resulted in family disputes and caused unsettledness. This was also caused by the fact that the Nazi party always expected to be put before everything, even before your family. During the late 1930's the number of members in the Hitler Youth group drastically increased however as the war progressed the number of enrolments dropped as the group became more war centred rather than leisure activities. In fact anti-Hitler Youth groups were set up. One of these was called the "swing" movement. This was a group of teenagers who rebelled against the Nazi regime by listening to banned music from the US and England and also dressing in a more western fashion. Perhaps one of the policies that infuriated the Nazis the most was the fact that the "swing" movement members allowed Jews in their clubs. Another group which the Nazis greatly feared was the Edelweiss Pirates. This group of Youths carried out some very similar activities to the Hitler youth group such as singing however the Edelweiss Pirates' songs were criticising the Nazi regime and mocked their ideas of the German superpower. They also often attacked Hitler Youth group members and indulged in activities that the Nazis looked down upon such as the act of sex and making the group include both male and female members. It is difficult to say exactly how successful the Nazi policies were with the youths of Germany however we do have evidence to show both the positive and the negative results of these policies. How Successful Were Nazi Policies Towards Young People? Summary: The Nazi policies towards young people could be viewed as one of the most successful aspects of Nazi Germany. This is because of a variety of reasons. The Nazis took advantage of the need for German youth groups and used what teenagers wanted to slip in Nazi ideals, took over the education system to portray Nazi views, and used the school system to glorify war; they also often alienated children from their parents.----

How successful were Nazi policies towards young people?The Nazi policies towards young people could be viewed as one of the most successful aspects of Nazi Germany. This is because of a variety of reasons. The Nazis took advantage of the need for German youth groups and used what teenagers wanted to slip in Nazi ideals, took over the education system to portray Nazi views, and used the school system to glorify war; they also often alienated children from their parents. However it did have its flaws as there were several groups of youths who opposed Hitler such as the "Swing movement" and the "Edelweiss Pirates." The Hitler Youth group played a major role in Nazi control of youths especially in 1939 when it became compulsory to attend. The Nazis took what the children wanted such as group activities, hiking, camping and singing and added in extra activities such as marching, learning about Nazi policies and practicing military exercises. Many of the members were merely drawn to the youth group due to the leisure opportunities it offered and some just did not have a choice as other organisations were shut down and made illegal. As the Nazis wanted to control each aspect of a child's life they realised that education played a very important role. They altered textbooks to include Nazi history and also Nazi views of History. Students were taught about the injustice of German government and how the Jews were slowly taking over. The National Socialist party also managed to glorify the military in each school subject. They also made sure that the students had to study race and ideology everyday. As the Nazis needed to control each aspect of a child's life to have full hold on the child they realised that it was a necessity to control a child's home or family life, in many cases this meant isolating a child from his/her family. It became increasingly common in Germany for the children of the household to be much more pro-Nazi than their parents. This is because the children grew up being controlled by Nazi forces and therefore found such things as routine household checks normal, whereas older family members found it an invasion of privacy. This often resulted in family disputes and caused unsettledness. This was also caused by the fact that the Nazi party always expected to be put before everything, even before your family. During the late 1930's the number of members in the Hitler Youth group drastically increased however as the war progressed the number of enrolments dropped as the group became more war centred rather than leisure activities. In fact anti-Hitler Youth groups were set up. One of these was called the "swing" movement. This was a group of teenagers who rebelled against the Nazi regime by listening to banned music from the US and England and also dressing in a more western fashion. Perhaps one of the policies that infuriated the Nazis the most was the fact that the "swing" movement members allowed Jews in their clubs. Another group which the Nazis greatly feared was the Edelweiss Pirates. This group of Youths carried out some very similar activities to the Hitler youth group such as singing however the Edelweiss Pirates' songs were criticising the Nazi regime and mocked their ideas of the German superpower. They also often attacked Hitler Youth group members and indulged in activities that the Nazis looked down upon such as the act of sex and making the group include both male and female members. It is difficult to say exactly how successful the Nazi policies were with the youths of Germany however we do have evidence to show both the positive and the negative results of these policies.

Answer 2

Hitler changed the minds of many young people in Germany between 1933 and 1945 by using many methods, the two most commonly used methods were; Propaganda and terror. Propaganda was the method used on young people for Hitler believed he could re-arrange their minds this way. Some of the propaganda methods used included, changing the school curriculum so that it placed special emphasis on the subjects they considered suitable in producing "ideal Nazis."

For example, history was used to show how successful the Nazis had been, Biology was to explain Nazi racial beliefs, geography emphasised the harshness of the treaty of Versailles, physics was used to teach children about weapon making and physical education was trebled to make youth more agile and disciplined to make them more capable soldiers for the future!

Answer 3

Hitler created an organization called the Hitler Youth, which young Germans and Austrians could join, where they would be indoctrinated as Nazis. Interestingly, the current Pope, Benedict XVI (aka Josef Ratzinger), was once a member of the Hitler Youth (although there is no indication that he is currently a Nazi).

Answer 4

well they basicly changed the biology scheme to say jews were not humans and were some type of evil speices. They also taught them about the aryan race which was thought to be "superior"to everyone else.

Answer 5

Nazi did organize the lives of the young people by coming up with measures and policies that ensured that the young people were controlled both in and out of school.