From 1933 to 1939 Hitler and the Nazis changed german society in a multitude of ways, these ways include, Youth Organisations, Women and their role, Volkgemeinschaft, Education and Religion/Church, Cultural Life and Workers trade unions.
For the Nazi government it was a fundamental factor that they had the loyalties of the future generations, for this reason the Nazis placed great force onto controlling the youth of Germany. It was vital that the future of Germany supported the racial and social views of the Nazi government. Because of the urgency to control the youth, Hitler created small child armies referred to as 'Youth Organisations ' for children from the age of 6 to 18. These organisations included, Pimpf, Jungvolk, Hitler Youth
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Prior to the rule of the Nazis women were given a sense of freedom and equality completely unknown to German women before, they were offered complete opportunity. Women joined the workforce and by 1925, 35% of German workers were women. However when Hitler came to power the changes that the women had adapted to were revoked. Women in Nazi Germany in 1933 were to uphold a specific role; they were to be a mother and a housewife, having the responsibility of raising the children and keeping the house in a respectable and clean manner while their husbands were working. The role of women was confined to the role family life and motherhood
In 1936 the Lebensborn or Spring of Life program began, under the control of the SS specially made homes were provided to unmarried mothers or women who fell pregnant to SS men outside of wedlock, these establishments were primarily for pure German women. The slogan ‘giving a child to a fuhrer’ was familiarised and the children born in Lebensborn homes were fostered or adopted out to German couples ultimately creating the master race.
On August 12th every year, the anniversary of Hitler’s mother 's birthday, mothers were presented with the Mother 's Cross (Mutterkreuz) – bronze for four children, silver for six children and gold for eight children. Mothers who had been awarded the Mother 's Cross were entitled to be saluted by the Hitler
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Germany had always been a religious country, the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church had different beliefs, completely different to the Nazi idea of the National Community. Hitler had disregarded Christianity referring to it as the “Jewish Christ creed with its effeminate pity ethics”.
Hitler was impressed with the authority and structure that the Catholic Church had and saw an opportunity to make political and diplomatic advantage in making arrangements with it. In 1933 a concordant (treaty) was signed between the Holy See (The Vatican) and the Third Reich. The treaty guaranteed the rights of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany and in return the church had to promise not to engage in any political activity. One of the regulations of the treaty was that the Catholic Centre Party which helped Hitler come to power was eliminated.
Music in Germany was very limited, Classical music became predominant and German composers such as Richard Wagnerm, Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven were favoured. Opera and music by non-Germans was allowed provided the music was acceptable. Mozart’s operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutti were restricted because the words were written by a Jew. All music, composed, sung and even recorded by a Jew was not allowed other types of music were banned include any form of modernistic music and jazz because of its black American
Similar to the first World War, World War II was a dispute between powers and or countries and involved the death of million of civilians and militants of those disputing countries. There are many events that have made World War II significant and i will show you in this essay. World War II started basically because of one of the most known killer in the world Adolf Hitler. His role in the Holocaust is greatly significant because of the way that he punished, treated, and through of jews using concentration camps. In concentration camps jews were gassed, imprisoned and forced to do things that they didn't want to like forced labor.
The article “Teens Against Hitler” by Lauren Tarshis shows the challenges of a Jewish family during World War 2 and how a young teenager rebelled against the Nazis and Hitler. In 1939 in the city of Warsaw Ben and his Jewish family were rounded up and forced into Warsaw’s ghetto. Later, Ben joined a partisan group and fought the Nazis and Hitler. This was a great act of courage but came at the price of his family’s life.
(source H) The government They were not allowed to interact with Aryans and were instructed to turn Jews in to the SS, Hitler’s private army, if they were breaking any of these laws. This had conflicting effects on the citizens because neighbors who had once been close friends were now ordered to be their enemies. The Nazis were able to dictate who the Germans we friendly with and interacted with on a daily basis. This ultimate control was confusing for the Germans because they were used to being led in war or government situations, however, they were not yet accustomed to having this many restrictions on their personal lives.
Not all germans followed Hitler’s rule because they had different beliefs or different morals some hated hitler so much they set organizations to fight back. Although Hitler was the fuhrer of Germany Aryan communists tended not to change their believes and follow Hitler which led to an interesting relationship between them. Many of the political enemies of nazis were put into concentration camps along with jews.(USHMM) “ Of the germans who opposed Hitler’s dictatorship, very few groups openly protested the nazi genocide against the jews.”(USHMM)
In the “Reichstag Speech” Hitler speaks of his vision for a strong and unified Germany that would be free from the constraints of the Treaty of Versailles and eradicating the Jewish people of Germany (Hitler, 1939) C. After World War I, Germany was forced to pay the reprimands and damages done which in turn made Germany’s
Cruelty in the Holocaust During the time of World War II, many tragic events happened. One of the biggest tragedies that took place would have to be the Holocaust. The Nazi party was given orders by Hitler to arrest most of the Jewish population, with this came the concentration camps and dehumanization.
While the main conflicts, battles and alliances of World War II are thoroughly examined, the treatment of women both overseas and the United States becomes overlooked. In late 1941 and 1942, Jews in the Soviet Union were slaughtered and savagely murdered. Jewish females took the brunt of this slaughter as they “posed the greatest danger because of their capacity to reproduce their people. ”1 Women were less privileged than men during the Holocaust; if a woman was pregnant, she would be automatically sent to the gas chambers in order to prevent the repopulation of the people the Nazis despised.
To be fair the nazi are not the only ones who did not promote women's rights during this time sexism had been going on for centuries prior but with that being said nazis did not want women to be the face of Germany and that is exactly why education for women in Germany was very
How Hitler Corrupted German Youth Imagine you are a 13 year old German girl in the year 1936. Your birthday is next week, and you 'll be 14 years old. Soon you 'll be in the League of German Girls. This is how it was for German children. Life was very different for children much like us during WWII.
Hitler’s Reasons and Motives for the Holocaust The most devastating time this world has ever seen happened in 1940. Throughout the 1920s to the 1930s is when Hitler decided he was going to kill and traumatize all the Jewish people. He continued planning until the 1940s, he gathered together with a large group that agreed with killing Jewish people. During this time of misery a lot of people were wondering what was going on in Adolf Hitler’s head, and some to this day still wonder why he did this treacherous thing. When his mother had terminal breast cancer her doctor was Jewish and she ended up dying, numerous people questioned if he still had anger.
“Take hold of kettle, broom and pan, Then you’ll surely get a man!Shop and office leave alone, Your true life work lies at home.” Life changed dramatically for the women when The Nazi Party came to power in the 1930’s. Women only had a few restrictions but once Hitler came to power, their lives became very strict. Their lives changed in four areas: education, marriage, employment, and physical appearance.
According the the oral histories that I read in, “What We Knew”, many of these ordinary Germans were young when the rise of Hitler started. Many of their parents and other Germans welcomed the rise of Adolf Hitler because of the state of their economy before hand. They often found themselves unemployed and the prices on everything were so high because of hyper inflation after the Great War, and then suddenly you have someone in power who came in and resolved all of their issues. So, many of the Germans worshipped Hitler and that is how they raised their children to be. Young children can be impressionable, such as the Germans in “What We Knew”.
“Hitler began his dominance with young people, recognizing them as ‘A powerful political force’ There was little resistance because ‘the overnight camping trips, campfires, and parades sounded like fun’“ (Bartelletti 79). The Hitler Youth also emphasized loyalty to the Third Reich over all (including family) (Bartelletti
Hitler also changed the religious culture in many parts of Europe. One of Hitler’s main goals while in office was to eliminate the jewish and any other non-aryan people. In the process, Hitler made The Nuremberg Laws. Adolf Hitler, “implemented these laws to ostracize, discriminate and expel Jews from German society” (3) Diverse culture was rejected. Physically, the people of Germany, mostly jews, were affected because of Hitler trying to make the population one master race.
Intro In 1920 the Reichstag, which was the German government at the time, passed a law, stating all children aged 6-14 must go to school. In the schools the Nazi’s were ordered to concentrate especially on propaganda for youth. They focused on the children from such a young age because they found it was much easier to alter their way of thinking. They did this because they saw the children as the future citizens of the “Thousand year Reich”.