When girls joined ‘the Bund Deutsche Madchen’, they would have lessons in cooking and cleaning. This was so that when they were married and had children they would be able to maintain the house.
For girls one on the most important activities was sports. Girls would do running, athletics, marching, throwing a ball, and swimming because Hitler believed that all German youth should be physically strong. The purpose of this was to prepare them for childbirth, as Hitler told young girls it was their duty to have children.
Boys in Hitler Youth were in training to be soldiers. With all of its boys trained in the skills of a soldier and in the beliefs of the Nazis, the Nazi Party believed that it would have a steady supply of new soldiers when the boys grew up.
The boys in Hitler Youth participated in athletic activities designed to build up their strength. They went on marches that took several days with only army rations to eat. They also learned how to shoot a pistol. They learned to use a bayonet and to throw a grenade. They learned to read a map, dig a trench, and crawl under barbed wire. This was all because they would need these key skills for when they went into the military.
The Hitler movement also memorised a poem praising Hitler and a prayer addressed to "my Fuehrer" (Hitler). They got taught this at their clubs because Hitler wanted respect and loyalty
The most important lessons the girls were taught was the lessons on childcare. The reason why this was so important was because Hitler wanted an all Aryan race. He needed to achieve this by telling girls how to bring up their children. They were also told they needed to have children and they were persuaded to get married and have children. The girls were also taught how to dress and how to do their hair ‘the way Hitler wanted.’ The main purpose of the Hitler youth was to get the youth on his side. He wanted a super race so he was teaching girls how to bring it up.
