what were the children taught in germany under the nazis ? mention two points
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Subjects underwent a major change in schools. Some of the most affected were History and Biology.
1) History was based on the glory of Germany – a nationalistic approach was compulsory. The German defeat in 1918 was explained as the work of Jewish and Marxist spies who had weakened the system from within; theTreaty of Versailles was the work of nations jealous of Germany’s might and power; the hyperinflation of 1923 was the work of Jewish saboteurs; the national resurgence which started under the leadership of Hitler etc.
2)Biology became a study of the different races to ‘prove’ that the Nazi belief in racial superiority was a sound belief. “Racial Instruction” started as the age of 6. Hitler himself had decreed that “no boy or girl should leave school without complete knowledge of the necessity and meaning of blood purity.” Pupils were taught about the problems of heredity. Older pupils were taught about the importance of selecting the right “mate” when marrying and producing children. The problems of inter-racial marriage were taught with an explanation that such marriages could only lead to a decline in racial purity.
3)Geography taught pupils about the land Germany had taken away from her in 1919 and the need for Germany to have living space – lebensraum.
Science had a military-slant to it. The curriculum required that the principles of shooting be studied; military aviation science; bridge building and the impact of poisonous gasses.
4)Girls had a different curriculum in some regards as they studied domestic science and eugenics – both of which were to prepare young girls to be the prefect mother and wife. In Eugenics, girls were taught about the characteristics to look out for in a perfect husband and father.
The children were mainly taught normal subjects but every time during the end of the school hours they were taught that”Jewish are weak and should be shown their place” they taught how to become a dictator and convince people in just few lines ,the intelligent ones were taught physical power and bombing where as told the children they should be conducting world wars.they slow ones were taught physical power and at the age of 16 were strictly sent to gyms for lifting for 4 hours to defeat the world with their physical power