Raised in the Devil's Eyes

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Raised to be a war machine against the lives of millions of innocent abnormal; this was the life of a typical German child in the late 1930’s to the early 1940’s. The Nazis knew that education was a key to their success and used their power to control the education system; everything was taught under strict Nazi curriculum. Nazis succeeded greatly in their education system because if they failed, then less people would have followed them and more would have been able to rebel against their events of the Holocaust.
Background
· “ In the 1930s the Nazis created a party-controlled education system. Everything was controlled from the types of teachers were hired/fired, the curriculum, the grading scale, and even who passed and who failed.”(Southey)
(http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazi_Education.htm)
· “Physical education and sports were crucial to the Nazi education system. The Nazis wanted students to be physically fit and well coordinated to be the future soldiers of Germany. Strength and

Bates 2 toughness were a key part in the Nazi war machine. Students were put through regular physical strength and toughness tests. If a student was to show signs of pain or weakness, they were failed.”
(http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/controlling-everyday-life/controlling-education)(Kaiser)
· “German teachers were converted to Nazism or fired and had to swear an oath to Hitler and teach according to Nazi ideology. Teachers who were Jewish or refused to join the Nazi Teacher’s League were fired and often times sent to concentration camps.”(Southey) (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazi_Education.htm)
· “The Hitler Youth program was created for after school activities to fu...

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...inst the Nazi events of the Holocaust. Knowledge is the key to success and when the Nazis took over the education of people and taught them based on Hitler’s ideas, people believed the way that the Nazis wanted them to, thus resulting in the mass success of the Holocaust.

Works Cited

Kaiser/Wolf. 12, 2010 http://web.b.ebscohost.com (accessed February 6, 2014)
Paul. “Education in Nazi Germany” http://hsc.csu.edu.au (accessed February 6, 2014)
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“The Heidelberg Myth”
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Southey. “Children in Nazi Germany.” http://alphahistory.com (accessed February 6, 2014)
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk
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Yashem. “Race education class for German girls”
“The Holocaust Martyrs’ and heroes’ blog” http://www.theholocaustexpained.org (accessed February 6, 2014)

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