1. HITLER's
GERMANY

2. The Young People
Nazi Party – many ways of controlling the lives and influencing the thoughts of the German people
People were watched everywhere – at work, at school, even at home!
A blockwart PARTY REPRESENTATIVE in every street

3. The Young People There was also the Gestapo and the SS
In these ways, Hitler established a totalitarian dictatorship where the government controlled every aspect of people’s lives

4. The Young People
Hitler was especially keen to win over the minds of young people
Education was carefully controlled
There was Race Studies as well as German, History and Geography
Children were encouraged to be loyal to their Fuhrer (leader), to put him and their fatherland above everything else

5. The Young People
Hitler Youth Movements: Girls and boys encouraged to join this organisation
Divided into different sections according to age
Those who did not join found it difficult to get in the University or to find jobs after leaving school

6. The Young People Little Fellows (6-10) German Young People (10 to 14)
Hitler Youth (14 to 18)
Young Maidens (up to 14)
League of German Maidens (14 to 21)

7. The Young People
The Hitler Youth was another way of getting young people to believe in Nazi ideas
Older boys did a lot of physical exercises to prepare for military service in the German Army

9. The Jews Nazis had always attacked the Jews
Jews were blamed for all of Germany’s problems
Once in power, the Nazis began a campaign of anti-semitic persecution

10. The Jews Jews were arrested and beaten up
Many forced out of their jobs
Jewish shops had slogans painted over their windows
People were discouraged from buying their goods
Many left Germany but most stayed
They had nowhere else to go

11. The Jews
Between 1933 and 1938, laws discriminating against Jews were passed
Jews were not allowed in the civil service and the judiciary
Jews were not considered German citizens
Jews could not take part in economic activity
Jews had to carry identity cards and passports which identified them as Jews

12. The Jews 1935 – Nuremberg Laws forbade Jews to marry non-Jews
Persecution turned violent in 1938
Mass murder of Jews – what the Nazis called “The Final Solution” to the “Jewish problem” did not take place until after the outbreak of WWII