¢Textbook Assignment: 484: The Way it Was ---Young People in Germany

¢Volk= one people

¢Mein Kampf (my struggle)= Hitler’s philosophy; how he came to his ideas

¢Seig heil = hail victory (slogan)

¢Hitler Youth, 1922 camps; official 1930

lAnswer 1, 2

lWrite a Diary entry as:

lA. You are a 14 yr old German and you see the popularity of the Nazi party growing. You friends are all in Hitler Youth. What are your thoughts and observations?

lB. You are a 14 year old German-Jew and you witness the popularity of the Nazi party growing. You see the rallies, marches, and signs and some violence against Jews.

lWhat are your thoughts and observations.

¢Reich Youth Leader: Baldur Von Schirach (introduces Hitler)

¢“My leader, My comrades

¢We live again for this hour which makes us proud and happy, according to your command and my leader a youth stands here; a youth that knows neither class nor caste. The young generation of our people follows after you. Thus, as you demonstrate the highest self sacrifice for this nation so does this youth wish to be selfless, because you embody the concept of fidelity for us. Therefore we wish to be faithful. Adolf Hitler the leader of German youth.”

¢What is the thesis of the above speech (the leader of Hitler Youth)