The curriculum in German schools during Nazi rule reflected Nazi ideology. Students were taught subjects like chemistry, mathematics, and biology to support goals like chemical warfare and understanding artillery, while also being taught about racial superiority and that Jews and Slavs were inferior. History classes focused on themes like Germany being betrayed in World War I and economic hardships in the 1920s being the fault of Jews. Both male and female students were taught to serve the German state and military through subjects like physical education and domestic science.

1. IN WHAT WAYS DID THE CURRICULUM IN GERMAN
SCHOOLS REFLECT NAZI IDEAS?
‘Chemistry was taught to develop an understanding of
chemical warfare and explosives.’
‘Mathematics helped to understand artillery, calculations and
ballistics.’
‘In Biology, a student was taught that they were special as one
of the Aryan race.’
‘In Race Studies, students were taught that Jews and Slavs
were sub-human.’
‘In History, students were taught that the Germany Army had
been ‘stabbed in the back’.’
‘They were taught that the hardships of the 1920s came from
the Jews.’
‘The girls were taught Domestic Science so they could be good
wives and mothers.’

2. ‘Both sexes did much PE to be strong for the Army or to be fit
to have children.’
‘Only the German language was taught.’
‘There was no RE on the syllabus.’
‘Pupils were taught about the greatness of Hitler and the
Nazis.’