What was the nature and purpose of the 'Hitler Youth Movement'?
The Hitler Youth Movement was set up in 1926 with one of its aims being to spread the influence of Nazi ideas. Hitler knew that he would not gain all of the adult populations support in elections so he began teaching/brainwashing children to follow Nazi ways. He believed that by indoctrinating children that he would gain their support for life and therefore creating a totalitarian state populated by the new generation. Children were even encouraged to report parents and teachers who criticised the Nazi regime.
The Hitler Youth organisation was for both boys and girls but they were taught very different skills- stereotyping was also very obvious with the female being submissive to the men; Within the Hitler Youth Movement there was a great physical demand on young boys and it was more military based- and for girls the ideals were very old fashioned. There were three different levels (stages) in the Hitler Regime for boys, they begin at the age of 6 in the 'Pimpfen' where hiking, camping and lessons about nazi regime are taught. At the age of 10 the boys then joined the Jungvolk in which you must swear an oath to Hitler and then finally the Hitler Youth Regime where there was a much greater influence on military discipline, this taught boys to be stronger from an earlier age therefore creating a stronger army by the time they were old enough to join. Girls however were taught to be second to the men and that they should look after their husbands and their children, they received lessons in how to keep themselves healthy and how to provide the 'ideal' home life.
The Hitler Youth Movement was set up in 1926 with one of its aims being to spread the influence of Nazi ideas. Hitler knew that he would not gain all of the adult populations support in elections so he began teaching/brainwashing children to follow Nazi ways. He believed that by indoctrinating children that he would gain their support for life and therefore creating a totalitarian state populated by the new generation. Children were even encouraged to report parents and teachers who criticised the Nazi regime.
The Hitler Youth organisation was for both boys and girls but they were taught very different skills- stereotyping was also very obvious with the female being submissive to the men; Within the Hitler Youth Movement there was a great physical demand on young boys and it was more military based- and for girls the ideals were very old fashioned. There were three different levels (stages) in the Hitler Regime for boys, they begin at the age of 6 in the 'Pimpfen' where hiking, camping and lessons about nazi regime are taught. At the age of 10 the boys then joined the Jungvolk in which you must swear an oath to Hitler and then finally the Hitler Youth Regime where there was a much greater influence on military discipline, this taught boys to be stronger from an earlier age therefore creating a stronger army by the time they were old enough to join. Girls however were taught to be second to the men and that they should look after their husbands and their children, they received lessons in how to keep themselves healthy and how to provide the 'ideal' home life.
