Hitler Youth Manipulation

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The Nazis are one of the most famous political parties to date. Their mission was evil, but the execution of it was brilliant. The Nazis were true masters of manipulation, embedding a deeply rooted seed of hatred within Germany since the fall of the first world war. They did this by convincing the people of Germany that the defeat of World War I was the Jews fault. Who did the Nazis direct their manipulation towards? The youth. “He alone who owns the youth, gains the future.” - Adolf Hitler. The organization created by Hitler targeting children was called the Hitler Youth. This organization consisted of boys and girls from ages 10 to 18 years old. It was a boy scout like group that began the training and ideological thinking for Hitler's…show more content…
For instance, all Jews noses are in the shape of the number six or, Hitler is a God like leader who loves all German children, and should be treated with the utmost respect. Such teachings at a young age is considered brainwashing. The Hitler Youth for boys, combined the outdoors aspect of a boy scout with the racial and socialist aspect of the Nazi Party. By 1937, a rifle shooting course was added, so boys got trained to use firearms for their future occupation in the army. The females had to learn organization skills so they can become the mothers of Germany. One can see how Hitler laid out a perfect outline for the Nazi party to live infinitely. With a system of men becoming soldiers, and women raising them. This created the idea of an aryan world. Soon schools were controlled by the Nazi party. All Jewish teachers and students were expelled. This was to strengthen the young Germans under a new Nazi curriculum. This also caused the .Jewish population to become weaker. Some children turned in their own anti-Nazi parents due to the extreme brainwashing that has occurred…show more content…
All men at eighteen were required to enlist in the army, and one day hopefully join the SS. This is why Hitler Youth was such a genius idea. It prepares the young German boy for the army, so once they are in the army, everything is second nature.“These boys and girls enter our organizations at ten years of age, and often for the first time get a little fresh air; after four years of the Young Folk they go on to the Hitler Youth, where we have them for another four years . . . And even if they are still not complete National Socialists, they go to Labor Service and are smoothed out there for another six, seven months . . . And whatever class consciousness or social status might still be left . . . the Wehrmacht [German armed forces] will take care of that.” - Adolf Hitler (1938). It is believed that this was modeled after Sparta when boys also began training for the army at young
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