1. Who are the people in the photograph?
Four classmates on bikes
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
They are on their way to school
Their uniforms and back packs suggest that they are students.
They are waving or saluting
Perhaps a Nazi salute since their uniforms are German looking
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
This photo was either meant to show that Hitler’s grasp of Germany ran so deep that it even affected
the children or perhaps that it was normal and not a bad thing to be Nazi at that time. They were
comfortable with it.
Why is this photograph important to history?
It is a historical record of what children in that time and area looked like and on a small level acted
like.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Who are the children?
Are they saluting or waving?

2. Write your own caption for the photograph:
Tomorrow’s Soldiers
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Find it on google
look for similar photographs in historical records
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1-
These children are taught to be loyal to the Nazi
2-
They might be in France because of the look of the background area
3-
They seem happy and healthy dispite what american propaganda probably said about them