History essay
How did the Nazis change and control people’s lives in Germany after 1933?
- Introduction
My essay is about how the Nazis changed and controlled normal peoples lives in Germany after 1933 to the start of World War two. The National Socialist German Workers Party also known as the Nazis took power on the 30 January 1933 when their leader Adolf Hitler became Chancellor. Although Hitler was Chancellor he had limited power, as the Nazis did not have a majority in the Reichstag. When Hitler finally got his illusive majority in the Reichstag he started bringing Germany in to line. On 2 August 1934 President Hindenburg died and Hitler gave himself Hindenburgs job. Hitler now had supreme unchallenged power in Germany. He was known as the Fuhrer. The Nazis were very racist and wanted a pure Germany with only German speaking Aryans who were blonde haired and blue eyed. Hitler also hated communism and wanted it stamped out of Germany and Hitler believed German people needed more living space and he would solve this problem by taking land of other countries and building a greater Germany.
- Main part
The Nazis controlled and changed children’s lives by introducing the Hitler youth movement and radically changing schools. The Hitler youth movement was set up in 1936 when a law was passed merging all youth groups in to the Hitler youth. Two further laws were passed in 1939 and made membership compulsory. There were four different sections for the Hitler youth there was a group for boys aged 10-14, a group for boys aged 14-18, a group for girls aged 10-14 and a group for girls aged 14-18. This movement was radical for both children and their parents. For children it was compulsory for you to attend and this would have affected some young peoples lives but most children loved it as it provided them with a uniform and a free holiday. It also taught them a lot of new skills. For parents many of them thought it was a good idea but some could see through the group and see it was to get the children ready for war, the Nazis were doing this in a very subtle way, they were controlling young peoples lives but the young people thought the group was a fun place to make new friends and have fun.
