Hitler became chancellor in Germany on the 30th January 1933. 1 He formed the Nazi Party to change the structure of Germany through social, economic and political reforms; primarily to restore Germany to its’ former glory after the war and Treaty of Versailles had. A reform is the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. Hitler was ruthless in trying to achieve his goal and his methods reflected his violent and aggressive nature. One of the first things to do on the Führer’s (Führer: a leader: applied esp. to Adolf Hitler (der Führer) while he was Chancellor ) list was to give the new generation of German people Lebensraum (living space) This need for more space led Hitler to invade Germany’s neighbouring countries and when Poland was invaded, the next World War began.
The Hitler youth was intended to train the German children into believing Hitler’s ideology and get them ready for war. His ideology being that women should stay at home and look after children whilst men should provide for the family and go to war. This was done by regular training sessions, marches and other physically strenuous activities. The children were pushed so much that school teachers complained that the boys and girls were so tired from attending the Hitler Youth groups, that they could barely stay awake for the next day at school. Education changed quickly under Hitler’s rule. Schools became less individual learning orientated and started to encourage being part of a team. Anyone who opposed National Socialism at a German university was expelled . The team work learning was closely tied to sport, as students were encouraged to work together and improve their physical abilities rather than their mental ones. Activities that looked like preparation for war were disguised as ‘sport’ so as to not arise suspicion. The passion for sport was translated into protecting the country when the war began. Students then had the knowledge on how to shoot, sail, fly planes, read maps and erect camouflage; all useful for wartime. When girls grew up into women, Hitler encouraged them to stay at home and look after their children. The goal of this was to get the birth rates up, thus to supply the Nazis with more troops and childbearing mothers. The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage was introduced in 1933 when Hitler came to power. This law gave women the incentive to become mothers. Newlyweds were offered a loan of 1000 marks which was roughly nine months’ worth of income (800, 000 couples took up this offer). The loan was expected to be payed back, however, if the couple had one child 25% of the loan didn’t have to be payed, another child, 50% didn’t have to be payed, four children and the entire loan was cleared. Any women considered to be unfit for bearing children (Jews and Gypsies) were compulsorily sterilised. One problem the Nazis had was during 1937, they ran out of men to work in the factories, so they reintroduced women into the workforce to build tanks, ammunition and weapons; during this time the marriage loan was abolished. Hitler had always been an aspiring artist and considered himself knowledgeable in regards to the arts. He focussed on changing German culture …show more content…
A new stadium was built that could hold 100, 000 people, complete with cameras, electric lighting, photoelectric timing devices and the largest stopwatch ever built. Goebbels made sure no expense was spared during the construction and the opening ceremony. The 304m Hindenburg zeppelin was flown around the stadium whilst holding a massive Olympic flag. Hitler released 20,000 pigeons and cannons were fired throughout the entire city of Berlin. During the two weeks, all laws against Jews and homosexuals were relaxed, the local military forces were ordered to withhold from beating Jews, anti-Jewish posters were taken down, Berlin residents weren’t allowed to mention Jews at all and the Oranienburg Concentration Camp was disguised. All of Germany’s athletes were German except one; the Nazis allowed part-Jewish fencer Helene Mayer to compete. She went on to win a Silver medal and like all the other German competitors, saluted the
The Hitler youth was intended to train the German children into believing Hitler’s ideology and get them ready for war. His ideology being that women should stay at home and look after children whilst men should provide for the family and go to war. This was done by regular training sessions, marches and other physically strenuous activities. The children were pushed so much that school teachers complained that the boys and girls were so tired from attending the Hitler Youth groups, that they could barely stay awake for the next day at school. Education changed quickly under Hitler’s rule. Schools became less individual learning orientated and started to encourage being part of a team. Anyone who opposed National Socialism at a German university was expelled . The team work learning was closely tied to sport, as students were encouraged to work together and improve their physical abilities rather than their mental ones. Activities that looked like preparation for war were disguised as ‘sport’ so as to not arise suspicion. The passion for sport was translated into protecting the country when the war began. Students then had the knowledge on how to shoot, sail, fly planes, read maps and erect camouflage; all useful for wartime. When girls grew up into women, Hitler encouraged them to stay at home and look after their children. The goal of this was to get the birth rates up, thus to supply the Nazis with more troops and childbearing mothers. The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage was introduced in 1933 when Hitler came to power. This law gave women the incentive to become mothers. Newlyweds were offered a loan of 1000 marks which was roughly nine months’ worth of income (800, 000 couples took up this offer). The loan was expected to be payed back, however, if the couple had one child 25% of the loan didn’t have to be payed, another child, 50% didn’t have to be payed, four children and the entire loan was cleared. Any women considered to be unfit for bearing children (Jews and Gypsies) were compulsorily sterilised. One problem the Nazis had was during 1937, they ran out of men to work in the factories, so they reintroduced women into the workforce to build tanks, ammunition and weapons; during this time the marriage loan was abolished. Hitler had always been an aspiring artist and considered himself knowledgeable in regards to the arts. He focussed on changing German culture …show more content…
A new stadium was built that could hold 100, 000 people, complete with cameras, electric lighting, photoelectric timing devices and the largest stopwatch ever built. Goebbels made sure no expense was spared during the construction and the opening ceremony. The 304m Hindenburg zeppelin was flown around the stadium whilst holding a massive Olympic flag. Hitler released 20,000 pigeons and cannons were fired throughout the entire city of Berlin. During the two weeks, all laws against Jews and homosexuals were relaxed, the local military forces were ordered to withhold from beating Jews, anti-Jewish posters were taken down, Berlin residents weren’t allowed to mention Jews at all and the Oranienburg Concentration Camp was disguised. All of Germany’s athletes were German except one; the Nazis allowed part-Jewish fencer Helene Mayer to compete. She went on to win a Silver medal and like all the other German competitors, saluted the