The whole purpose of the Hitler youth was to make them believe that Hitler was the best and basically brainwashed them. It was also to build up a stronger generation for the future so Germany had a better army.
I believe that the purpose of the lessons about Nazi Germany in schools link to brainwashing the children to believing that Hitler is great because not only will they be hearing about Hitler at the Hitler youth out of school, but they also learn about him inside of school.
2) The reasons for Nazis policies to women are that firstly Hitler gave out marriage loans of 1000 marks which was about 9 months average income. 800,000 newlyweds took up this offer. This loan was not to be simply paid back. The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did not have to be paid back. Two children meant that 50% of the loan need not be paid back. Four children meant that the entire loan was cleared. A lot of what Hitler called “impure” women would get sterilised so they could not produce any children. This was to keep Germany pure. The people who were sterilised were Jews, mixed race people and others that didn’t fit in with Hitler’s “dream Germany”.
When women had a certain amount of children they were awarded medals. To get a bronze, you must have 4 children, silver was for 6 children and gold medal was awarded for 8 kids. These medals were created to encourage women to produce more children and because they could only have children if they were pure Germans and were fit, then this meant they would have been stronger to fight for Germany.
3) In Nazi Germany, there were 3 factors that made there be little opposition. There first factor was propaganda, which was run by Josef Goebbels. This included Nazi radio, which didn’t allow any foreign shows which helped cut of some opposition because the public was not hearing about anything except Hitler. Rallies, which presented an image of order and control to Germany, with their special uniforms, torch light shows and meetings. He also had control of newspapers, this meant that he shut down all anti-Nazi newspapers and all Jews were banned from owning or working for newspapers. All of these things and more, made people start to like the Nazis more.
Heinrich Himmler was in control of the terror I Nazi Germany. He had control of Hitler’s private army, the SS. These people were personal protection for Hitler and were feared by all across Germany. They ran concentration camps, which is where they would send people that Hitler opposed in the government, Jews, foreigners, homosexuals and others. He also had control of the police force and the courts, which meant he could arrest anyone and send them straight to prison without a fair trial. Along with running informants and block wardens to keep an eye out on what Himmler could not see, Himmler made Nazi Germany a nasty place to be if you done anything against them.
The final factor was run mostly by Hitler but with others too, this factor was employment. Hitler controlled who was employed and who was not. He took some women of the employment register, this was for two reasons, firstly to make room for men, and secondly to make women stay at home and raise a family. He also took a lot of Jews of the employment register. Men also had to do at least two years of national service in the army. By giving men more jobs, he got their vote.
I think that the most important factor is also the most extreme, control by terror. I think this because if Himmler has killed all of Hitler’s opposition then who’s going to vote him out? And running the police and courts meant he could do anything.
