Adolf Hitler created the Hitler Youth program in 1922. That year, a whole new reign of darkness started and evil started. Hitler just kept blasting his ideas into their heads, and as little children, they could do very little to resist. Hitler had just found a whole new source of evil in the form of children. According to Susan Bartoletti, “Many kids in Hitler Youth thought that Hitler was their savior” (Bartoletti, #). Hitler definitely had a major power issue. He always had to be in control; he had this uncontrollable need to make people think of him as a god. Susan Bartoletti also said, “Most of the kids hated the Allied forces. Some of them [kids in the Hitler Youth] even became neo-Nazis” (---, #). Hitler wanted to make sure that when he disappeared, someone could still carry out his plans. This is Hitler’s fail-safe plan. The Hitler Youth was a terrible program that was created just to feed Hitler’s crazy power issues and as a fail-safe.…
Stephen J. Lee confirms this by stating that, 'indoctrination as a long-term process could be most effectively applied to Germany's Youth'. This reflects Hitler's aim to indoctrinate the whole of the youth in preparation for a Nazi state. The main form of indoctrination and inclusion in Nazi Germany was the Hitler Youth. The government appealed to the youth to encourage them to join the Hitler Youth (before it was made compulsory in March of 1939). This is shown by the speech made by the German Young People leader before a child's vow to the Fuhrer: 'this hour in which you are to be received into the great community of the Hitler Youth is a very happy one...with your vow and your commitment you now become a bearer of German spirit and German honour'. This would have made the child feel patriotic and like they were participating in something great. The popularity of the Hitler Youth is confirmed by the huge increase in membership between 1933 and 1938.…
Some people did not want to join his army, but he made people joined if they liked it or not. He wanted people in his army that was strong and tall. He also made ids join his youth camps so he they get older they could join his army. Some kids actually fought if they was a battle. A lot of kids tried really hard to be in Hitler army.…
Hitler focused on the youth of Germany because he believed that the Third Reich in Germany would last a 1000 years so why waste time and resources on the older people of Germany? The youth of Germany were open to manipulation because they were vulnerable from World War 1. Also there were already structures in place where Hitler could educate young people on the Nazis. Hitler thought that it would be easy to separate the children from their parents and thus from the past. He thought this because the parents had a different upbringing from their children. Pressure was a way to get young people to either support the Nazis or join them, if their friends where getting involved then they would want to, too. Hitler had thought of many was in which to use youth and education in their endeavours to develop a Third Reich in Germany.…
As Hitler and the rest of Germany rose to power, he began to want to expand the land and invade other nations’ territories. He started to command Germany to fulfill one task after another, all breaking the Treaty of Versailles’ regulations. First, Hitler built up his German military, breaking one of the rules of the treaty. As the German army grew stronger, Britain and France kept their distance and supported it, as Hitler declared it was merely for defensive purposes. Next, Hitler commanded his troops to re-enter the Rhineland, violating the treaty. Again, Britain and France did not take action because they understood Germany’s perspective, as they believed they were doing nothing wrong by entering their own ‘backyard’. From this point on, Hitler believed he was invincible, as he could do whatever he wanted to. At the time, it did not seem like Britain or France or any other countries were planning on stopping him. Therefore, Hitler took advantage of this appeasement, as he saw this as his chance to command Germany to fulfill his personal desires.…
Hitler became a key member of the German Worker’s Party, helping to enlarge the party by playing off Germans’ fears that Marxists would bring Communist revolution. On February 24, 1920, at a mass meeting, Hitler outlined the Twenty Five Points of the German Worker’s Party. Some of the points he outlined were, cite • Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles • Need of additional territories • Citizenship by race (with no Jew being allowed citizenship) • All income not earned by work will be confiscated • Reconstruction of all education •…
Before Hitler became Chancellor there wasn’t just Hitler Youth, there were also Communist Youth. One day the Hitler Youth were passing out leaflets about the Nazi party and a boy named Herbert Norkus who was part of the Hitler Youth was spotted by some Communist Youth and was chased down and beat up. Norkus ended up dying and became a symbol of the Hitler Youth along with other martyrs of the Hitler Youth. In result of this sacrifice of Norkus more people wanted to join to serve the Nazi party. Hitler then becomes Chancellor and becomes the second most powerful person in Germany.…
Hitler joined the party in 1919 after being unexpectedly accepted because of his charismatic public speaking and sharing the ideas of anti-Semitism and blaming all the problems of Germany on jews. When he joined the party, he begun to give very emotional speeches, stand up against the Treaty of Versailles, a treaty that Germany was forced to sign that put all the blame of WWI on Germany. In February 1920, Hitler urged The German Worker Party to set up a mass meeting in which he also invited the Marxists. The meeting hall named Beer Hall Putsch in Munich contained more than 2000 people including communists. Hitler outlined the Twenty Five Points of the German Worker Party, which included the union of all Germans in a greater German Reich;…
They also learned Nazi views on racial purity and anti-semitism (Nazi Germany - Hitler Youth). Starting to teach the views of the Nazi party was vital to their success because they were starting to grow up more and the Nazis wanted to have full control over their knowledge of other races. The third age group of boys was called Hitler Youth and the group was for fourteen to eighteen year old boys. Military activities were how they prepared for their soon to be new lives as soldiers (Nazi Germany - Hitler Youth). Girls also had special branches of the Hitler Youth Program that were targeted at their different steps in becoming a good citizen.…
Although the Nazis have a horrible reputation, life was pretty good for youth, women, and members of the Nazi Party because of how happy and proud they all were towards the greater Nazi cause. Throughout the years the Nazi Party caused a lot of chaos around, especially from 1939-1947. At the beginning of everything it was a good start for everyone, the only problem at the time was that there was hardly any jobs. When Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party came around he brought hope to mostly everyone in Nazi, Germany. Having so much power over time changes the life of everyone around them.…
“They are somehow engaged in something from which they cannot liberate themselves. They are locked into a structure, and they do not have the skills or inner resources to disengage themselves” (Meyer, 1970). During the 1930’s: young boys were trained to murder without feelings of remorse and young girls promised to bear children for the next generation of the “master race”. By adulthood, these children were willing to live and die for Hitler. The question is; why did they decide to follow Hitler? This question can be answered through a sociological perspective. By looking at Hitler’s training techniques for Hitler Youth, several experiments conducted by “experts” and evaluating their effect on obedience and will; we can explain why a good…
Hitler very quickly realised the importance of propaganda, he then proceeded to use it as a means to target many of the German people’s grievances. He tailored his messages in such a way that he was able to appeal to both the socially downtrodden, the agrarian and industrial elites. Hitler became the central rallying figure that attracted wider support. In the 1630’s the Nazi party even did well in areas where they did not have to organise mass rallies. Nazi success can be partly attributed to the party’s organisational structure, throughout Germany. In order to get their message out further and to different sorts of Germans, the Hitler youth was created, this helped groom children from a young age to function with a Nazi mind set. Under the watchful organisation of Gregor Strasser, the party built up an efficient structure that allowed them to exploit the economic, social and political deterioration after 1929. The Nazi’s did not only try to appeal nationally, they understood the importance of local supports. They made extra effort to gain local support; they targeted local influential people, such as butchers, teachers, essentially, people who had…
Before and during the Nazi’s full rein they used to implement ways of influencing Germany and it’s people to further their goals. One example of this is when they had all boys and girls aged 10 and older were receiving training in the use of firearms and lectures on Nazi ideology. Not only this but one of their slogans they had to help influence them was “We were born to die for Germany”. Not a very cheery bunch were they.…
Once Hitler became dictator, his first step was to build up Germany's army, an action strictly forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. He also began his intense discrimination toward Jews in Germany. Because he believed that the most important group to influence was the children, a group called Hitler Youth had been established. These boys and girls were basically the Nazi equivalent of Boy Scouts. They did good works around their neighborhoods and they had ranks and levels, but they were also immersed in Nazi propaganda that caused them to believe in Aryan Superiority.…
Nazi Germany (also known as the Third Reich) was a period in time from 1933-1945. This was when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dictated Germany. Under his rule the country became a totalitarian state. One of the main features of the regime was promoting anti-Semitic and pro- Aryan views. One of the strongest methods the Nazi’s used was propaganda in order to get many to support their views. This source-based essay shall explore the methods that the Nazi’s used to indoctrinate the youth such as the use of books, youth groups, education, movies, songs and posters in order to get the youth to support Nazi ideals.…