Nazi Germany implemented policies to control and indoctrinate the youth through schools and the Hitler Youth organization. Boys were given military training to serve as future soldiers, while girls were prepared for motherhood. The Nazi regime also pursued policies to increase the birth rate by encouraging marriage and childrearing while restricting women's roles. Most Germans benefited economically from reduced unemployment and support for farmers and businesses during Nazi rule. However, life deteriorated with the outbreak of World War 2 due to food and supply shortages, bombing of cities, and total mobilization of the economy for war. The Holocaust led to the mass murder of 6 million Jews in death camps across Nazi-occupied Europe.

1. Unit 4: What was it like to live in Nazi
Govt?
Depth study history :
Germany 1918-1945 (Part 4)

2. Objectives
 How did young ppl react to the Nazi regime?
 How successful were Nazi policies towards
women and the family?
 Did most ppl in Germany benefit from the Nazi
rule?
 How did the coming of World War Two change life
in Nazi Germany?

3. 4.1 How did young ppl react to the Nazi
regime?

4. Nazi Schools and The Hitler
Youth
 The Nazi was
aware if the Third
Reich was going to
last a thousand
years, it is
necessary to
produce future
generations that
loyal to Nazi. The
combined impact of
school and youth
movement would
ensure that grown
adult that accept

5. Nazi Schools The Hitler Youth
In 1933, The education was run by
Ministry of Education in Berlin(to
ensure the uniformity)
Teachers were required to swear an
oath of loyalty to Hitler and join Nazi
Teachers’ League
The curriculum was changed to take
account of Nazi ideas, Biology and
History were greatly effected subject as
most of the content changed to ally
with Nazi theory
Religious education (human rights)
were scrapped and replaced with
sports and physical education
After school hour, in 1920’s students
were encouraged to join youth program
and it became compulsory in 1936
Boys programs were design to make
them into good soldiers, they were
taught basic military training (drill,
camp craft, map reading, cleaning,
firing riffles and fitness activities such
as athletics, camping, hiking and jungle
trekking.
While for girls, at 14 y/o may join
League of German Maiden where they
were prepared for the motherhood, with
fitness and leaning domestic skills
(cooking, sewing, managing household
budgets)

6. Nazi education

7. The Nazi youth (boys)

8. The League of German Maiden

9. 4.2 How successful were Nazi policies
towards women and the family?

10. Nazi belief towards family value
 Nazi believe the good
society started from
home. (Well care by
mother and example
by their father)
 Nazi wanted to
increase the birth rate .
In Weimar government
woman were given
freedom to work in
public sector as men
and received equal
pay. This had cause
the birthrate to fall and
Nazi will put this into
reverse
 So that’s why most of
Nazi policy for family is
to design to encourage

11. Nazi policies for society
Policy for
woman
Encouraging marriage and
childbearing
Child bearing
outside marriage
Women were
deprived from
voting and
forced out of the
profession
Women were
encouraged to
stick to the three
Ks (Kinder,
Kirche, and
Kuche) – means
Children, Church
and Kitchen
Marriage loans were given (worth of 6
month salary to newly wed couple)- The
amount of loan reduced if the number
of their child increased
Fertility medals for mother ( bronze for 5
children, silver for 6 , and gold for 8 or
more)
Family allowance and child support will
be given for each child, maternity
benefits increased too
Classes for parenting skills were
provided by Nazi
Under the
Lebensborn
program, selected
unmarried women
were encouraged
to get themselves
impregnated by
racially pure of SS
men and donated
their child to the
Fuhrer to be rear
in state institution
Hitler wanted to
make Germany-
Autarky ( Self

12. Nazi poster for child bearing

13. 4.3 Did most ppl in Germany benefit
from the Nazi rule?

14. Working class Farmers Business and
industrialist
Unemployment rate
reduced from 6 millions
to hundred thousands
(through 6 month
labour service program
and rearmament)
Rearmament :
conscripting millions of
men to join the war ,
this include weapon
engineering, and
chemist had to be
expanded
Farmers received
support from nazi too :
elimination of debts
(loans) with their
incresing numbers of
production
Elimination of death
duties (free burial if
their members of family
died)
Elimination of the Trade
Unions (foreign traders)
give opportunity for
Germans who live in
bordering countries to
do trade with Germany
The closed down
jewish shops were
replaced with Germans
business during the
year of Nazi rule

15. German military conscription
WW2

16. Jewish business in Germany

17. 4.4 How did the coming of World War
Two change life in Nazi Germany?

18. The outbreak of WW2
 The war broke out in September
1939, where Germans were
immediately affected by
shortage of labour, food and
clothing
 The turning point occurred when
German army suffered serious
defeat by Russian. Many
germans soldier died
 Goebbles put out propaganda to
hide the truth but this created
resentment from German ppl
encouraging more opposition
activities

19. Effects of War in Germany
Effect
of
WW2
Shortages
Bombing
Total war
The Final
solution

20. Shortages
 Food rationing was
introduced in September
1939 followed by clothes
rationing in November.
 Other items like soap,
toilet paper, and tobacco
were short in supply
 Food became scares
where ppl started to
scavenge food from
rubbish bin and eat dead
horse/dog/cat meat
 Labour shortage increase
because most men were
sent to war , now its
replaced with women and
prisoners of war

21. Bombing
 3.5 million homes
were destroyed with
similar numbers of
civillians fatalities,
Many were made
homeless and children
were evacuated to the
neighbouring countries
 Cities (industrial city,
factories , schools,
hospitals) were badely
damaged by bombing
and air strike)

22. Evacuation and kinder transport

23. Total War- Home front
 A series of emergency
measures were
introduced : most of
the country’s
productions were
directed to the war
 Many factory is now
making weapons,
uniforms, and
developing war
technologies
 Many entertainment
part like pub, clubs,
cinemas were closed

24. War factory

25. The Final Solution- holocaust
 During the
invasion of
Russian in 1941,
the massive
executions were
carried out by
Einsatgruppen
(branch of SS)
killing 800 000
including jews.
 The death camps
were were
equipped with gas
chambers and

26.  In total, about 6
millions of Nazis
were killed
through gassing
, shooting ,
working to death
(slavery)
hypothermia
and starvation.
 Nazi were trying
to hide their
activities but it
was discovered
after the train
link were found
directed to the
death camps.

27. The end