Children in Nazi Germany

1. Which one of these was NOT one of ways Hitler and the Nazis indoctrinated young people?

• Propaganda and censorship

• Youth movements

• Education

• Force Labour

2. What organisation did all teachers have to join?

• Nazi Teachers Association

• The Hitler afterschool club

• The Civil Service

• The Jewish Teacher's Association

3. What was the Nazi school curriculum focused on?

• Boys and girls had the same curriculum which focused on chemistry, mathematics and religous education.

• Boys focused on outdoor education. Girls focused on history and PE.

• Girls focused on religous education. Boys focused on maths and chemistry.

• Boys focused on PE, eugenics and history. Girls focused on home economics, PE and eugenics

4. What were Adolf Hitler schools?

• Schools for children of Nazi officials, to keep them separate from the public.

• Schools that Jewish children were sent to, to keep them segregated from German children.

• Private fee paying schools which only the super-ruch could afford, as a way to earn money for the Nazi Party.

• Free boarding schools, run on military lines, for boys aged 12 to 18 years.

5. What was the aim of the Hitler Youth?

• To encourage young German men to express their political opinions.

• To ensure German boys would be good husbands.

• To train boys to be soldiers and to make them loyal to Hitler.

• To encourage young boys to concentrate on their education.

6. What was the name of the Nazi group for young girls?

• Youth Law

• League of German Maidens

• Hitler Girl Guides

• Motherhood Cross

7. What was a positive impact of the policies on young people?

• They got to experience new activities and had more freedoms than their parents.

• Girls and boys became equal and had equal opportunities.

• The education system improved.

• Jewish children were less discriminated against than Jewish adults.

8. What was negative impact of the policies on young people?

• Young people spent more time indoors.

• The quality and breadth of education in schools deteriorated.

• Young people got to experience no new activities.

• Young people had the least amount of freedom in society.

9. What was an unsuccessful outcomes of Nazi policies towards young people?

• Some young people ended up setting up rival groups opposed to the Nazis.

• Indoctrination was largely ineffective on young people.

• Young people were disinterested in the whole was effort.

• There was increased resistance from young people.