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Morgan Coleman Honors English 10 Julian 1 May 2011 Hitler Youth: The Brainwashed Children of Germany Thesis: Hitler’s Youth was an organization Adolph Hitler established during the Holocaust to train children to be future Nazis. I: Hitler Jugend, otherwise known as Hitler youth was established and organized in 1926 by Adolph Hitler. A: The children were drafted into groups depending on age and sex. B: In the beginning, the youngest age requirement was 10 and the oldest was 17. C: The kids were split into male and female groups by the ages 10-14 and 15-18 (Hein). II: The goal of Hitler Youth was to teach the children to be Nazis. A: When the Nazis reined power, they replaced all public school textbooks with strictly Nazi material and ideas. B: The Nazi flag was set in every German classroom. C: The students were forced to say “Heil Hitler” every morning. D: They were taught how to identify Jews as inferior people. The Jews were said to be a threat to Germany and to world peace (Campbell Bartoletti). III: The Nazis invaded the German’s religion. A: The young boys and girls were taught the Nazi way to pray; which was, straightening their right arm out and saying “Adolph Hitler, guide us into the new Reich. B: All Germans were forced to worship Hitler like a god. C: Every morning before the Lord’s Prayer, the youth had to salute Hitler. Also, during the prayer, they had to use Hitler’s name (Campbell Bartoletti). IV: The girls and boys of the Hitler Youth focused on learning different things A: The girls’ group was also called BDM. 1) Their slogan was “Kinder, Kurche, Kuche” (children, church, kitchen). 2) The young women learned to raise healthy Nazi boys. 3) The girls spent their time working as nurses to help injured Nazi soldiers, helped in kindergartens, and in helped parents of large families takes care of their
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