1. The Nazis were successful in winning over the youth. The Nazis wanted to control the young people because they were vulnerable and they could retain knowledge. Source 31 is Hitler speaking saying that he wants the boys and girls to learn leadership. The young people didn't question authority and were obedient towards the teachers. They knew not to act out and not agree with the Nazi's because there were consequences. The Nazis were successful in winning over the youth because they begin when the child is three years old and right when he begins to think he is made to carry the flag. Then he goes to school, the Hitler Youth, the storm troopers and the military training on source 28. The Nazis and Hitler did not fool around when they wanted the children to start school and learn about the Nazis.
The Nazis set about successfully winning over the youth by education. Since children would learn from books in school the Nazis replaces all of the books to Nazi books so that the children learned about Nazis and Hitler. The math problems would be about jews, to promote propaganda, showing how great the Nazi party was, source 29. All subjects, German, History, Geography, Chemistry,and Mathematics concentrated on military subjects, the glorification of military service and of German heros and leaders and the strength of a rebuilt Germany, according to source 32. Making all of these subjects subject to the Nazis and Hitler made the children really believe that Hitler was the answer and they believed in him because they learned about these subjects all of the time.
The youth were attracted to the movements because they had a set schedule and couldn't be disobedient. Source 33 is a typical day at a labour camp and they had the same schedule everyday and there would be a great amount of militarism. On source 34 this german described his feelings after the Hitler Youth rally. He remembered that Hitler counted on them and he knew that Hitler looked into his eyes. He felt a great pride when Hitler was talking and looking into his eyes. The youth being away from their parents let them have some freedom and express who they wanted to be according to source 35 which is why the Nazis were successful in winning over the youth at the attractions because the youth wanted to be their and wanted Hitler to recognize them.
2. On the other hand there were many young people who rejected the Nazi Youth movements. For example, children might well feel slightly alienated from their parents because they are not as keen on the Nazis as the others are. They expect your first loyalty to be your family, whereas your Hitler Youth leader makes it clear that your first should be Adolf Hitler. The Youth felt like they had no rights and were being pushed around by the older Nazis running the camps. Source 38 is a picture of children being able to distrust jews which some parents didn't want their children to be learning. Some parents weren't even keen on Hitler and they didn't agree with what he was doing. Some parents wouldn't pay for the youth camps which meant that the children could not attend. Some parents pulled out their children making the children decrease over time.
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