S4 Nazi Control

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  • How did the Nazis control people's lives in Germany ? (up to 1939)

    • Youth

      • Children's opinions were influenced in school
        • Their schoolwork was changed completely
          • Their textbooks were changed
          • girls followed a different curriculum, it was designed to make them good mothers and housewives

      • Joined Nazi youth clubs
        • Became compulsory
        • League of German Maidens for Girls
        • Hitler Youth for boys

      • Taught to love Hitler
        • pledged support to his photo
        • children's stories were changed

      • Summer camps created for children in Germany influenced them to be violent
        • labour camps set up for boys to encourage pride in work and country

      • Were taught to hate Jews

      • Parents had to register birth and prove heritage was fully German
        • had to choose German names
        • children used to spy on family and neighbours for anti Nazi views

    • Church

      • Hitler said, "You can't be a Christian and a German"

      • Hitler's attitude to the church was that he wanted to rid of Jews and crush the churches.

      • Hitler was against Christian teachings of love for other people.

      • The aims of the church were similar to the aims of the Nazis because many of them shared the Nazi belief in restoring German Strength.
        • However, they had different aims too because the Nazi leaders policies of racism and the glorification of war were against Christian teaching of love and peace.

      • They dealt with the Roman Catholic Church by guaranteeing it's religious freedom as long as the church promised to keep out of politics.

      • The Church was criticised for not doing more to oppose the Nazis
        • only a few individual priests stood up against Nazi ideas and controls, often they were arrested

    • Women

      • The Nazis wanted women to leave work and stay at home for their husband
        • They thought that women should only think of their husband, family and home.
          • awarded medals for having children

    • Work

      • Unemployment was reduced
        • large scale national building, eg autobahn's stadiums, public buildings

      • Trade Unions banned
        • people too scared to complain of conditions, no one to represent workers

      • Youth Labour camps, idea of working for common good