1. Unit III
The Hitler Youth

2. Preview In your own words, what is patriotism?
How can patriotism be good?
How can too much patriotism be bad?

3. The Hitler Youth Children ages 10-18 could join
jungvolk or the Hitler Youth (Hilterjugend);
The original intention was to train men to fight against members of left-winged youth groups.
The main objective was to provide Hitler with loyal supporters and to train young men to become Nazi soldiers.
The Bund Deutscher Madel, or the League of German Girls, for girls aged 10-18, taught them their role and responsibilities as defined by the Nazis: Children and Home

4. The Hitler Youth
Physical and military training for boys emphasized over education.
Hitler Youth Camps taught boys to use weapons, build physical strength, war strategies, and indoctrinated them in antisemitism and Aryan superiority
‘hazing’ by older boys toward younger boys was allowed
weed out the weak and toughen up the rest

5. The Hitler Youth
After 1938, the Hitler Youth was mandatory for all young German men
Pope Benedict was forced to join when he turned 14 in 1941.
The Hitler Youth was disbanded by Allied authorities at the end of WWII
Many of the “Hitler Youth Generation” became senior leaders in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s when they were middle-aged

6. Response Label section 1-4
For each propaganda poster you see, write down three thoughts that you notice. You cannot repeat any symbols.

7. Group One “Youth, serve the great leader”
all ten year olds belong in the Hitler Youth

8. Group Two “Youth, serve the great leader”
“all ten year olds belong in the Hitler Youth”

9. Group Three
Build youth hostels and homes

10. Group Four Der Sturmer: Nazi controlled newspaper
The Jews are our misfortune

11. Response - Group work Break up into four groups
Analyze Nazi Hitler Youth Propaganda using cartoon analysis worksheets
Each group will present their cartoons near the end of class
Cartoon Analysis worksheet should be glued or stapled into notebook