Nazis ⇒ also prioritized ⇒ making changes to education system ⇒ to gain increasing influence over German Youths
Greater control over schools ⇒ initially achieved ⇒ through regulation of teachers:
- every teacher had to join national socialist teachers league ⇒ training courses ⇒ stressing on Nazi ideology + physical education
- Curriculum was changed ⇒ to reflect greater emphasis on Nazi vales
- Included infusing Nazi ideas into subjects like History and Biology ⇒ as well as production of Nazi approved textbooks
great care was taken ⇒ to ensure German youths were indoctrinated with Nazi ideology ⇒ through new institutions ⇒ Hitler youth
- was a paramilitary organization of Nazi party ⇒ aimed to groom German youths ⇒ to be future leaders of Nazi organizations.
- Only had 1000 members when first established but later on had 2.3 million members
- Organized variety of activities ⇒ sports, camps, physical training ⇒ all backed up by indoctrination of anti Semitism and Nazi ideology.
Although membership was compulsory for Aryan German youths ⇒ many many to avoid it esp. after they left school ⇒ rival youth groups were set up which authorities failed to suppress.