The Police State in World War II

On the other hand, however, the group also did not enforce membership as stringently as their male counterparts did. The League of German Girls was the female part of the overall national-socialist youth movement known as the Hitler Youth. Its proper title was The League of German Girls in the Hitler Youth. An important part of life in the League of German Girls was to help the girls build character, and to prepare them for what were supposed to be their future tasks within the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft, or people's community, by getting them involved in programs that were for the "good of the people", such as collecting for the Winter Relief, helping with the harvest or collecting medicinal herbs in the fields. But to the girls, many of the League of German Girls' activities looked like lots of fun and like something they really wanted to participate in along with their friends. Many of the activities were not unlike what youth organizations offer today: BDM members could see movies or plays at reduced rates, go on field trips, or go away to camp during their school holidays. They were also able to compete against one another locally, regionally, and nationally in sports and other competitions.

The Totalitarian Aspects of Nazi Germany The government of Nazi Germany was a fascist, totalitarian state. They ruled in Germany ever since Hitler became chancellor in 1933, to 1945. Totalitarianism was a form of government in which the state involves itself in all facts of society, including the daily life of its citizens. It penetrates and controls all aspects of public and private life, through the state's use of propaganda, terror and technology.

Schools were riddled with propaganda like a disease, it controlled people instead of just influencing them. “The youth organizations, particularly the Hitler Youth, have been accorded powers of control which enable every boy and girl to exercise authority backed up by threats.”(Spartacus Educational, 1997) Even as the kids were being controlled, adults who worked in certain areas that refused to respect the Nazi Party ultimately became fired. “Teachers who did not support the Nazi Party were sacked.”(Spartacus Educational, 1997) Most of all, almost everyone became submissive and obeyed the Nazis. “Gradually, the old teachers were replaced with younger ones, those with Nazi orientations.”(Spartacus Educational, 1997) As so, the new teachers that had been radicalized conformed with and embraced the new curriculum. This new school curriculum was not very overwhelming but, most of the commands shaped the German children. The Holocaust Explained argues that, “Hitler and the Nazis wanted all young Aryans to be physically fit and perfectly obedient.”(The Holocaust Explained, n.d.) As more people and children submitted to the Nazis, commands that were made out of the bounds of an average school’s limits were enforced. Children were bribed out of their freedoms for money, unknowingly and

Brutal secret police forces: Hitler’s Gestapo terrorized Nazi Germany for 13 years, acting as the main tool of oppressing dissent against the Nazi regime. Its main purpose was to hunt down those considered a threat to Nazi Germany. These included Jews, Communists, Jehovah Witnesses, homosexuals – basically anyone who was thought to challenge the hegemony of the Nazi Party within Germany, or anyone who was suspected of treachery to Hitler, for example, anyone who told jokes about Hitler or even celebrated the birthday of Wilhelm II as this was seen as evidence of someone sympathetic to monarchism and not National Socialism. The Gestapo had the full power of arrest, interrogation and incarceration of anyone. Since the moment it was founded, this secret force quickly gained its reputation for efficiency and brutality as their method is exactly like the Thought Police in 1984 - using terror and torture to achieve their ends. The Gestapo’s greatest weapon was the fear that it created among all human beings in

Have you ever wondered what Nazi youth was like during World War 2? During the Holocaust? Or simply even what they were taught in school. Nazi children had certain requirements, were taught differently in school than most kids now in 2017, and had a different homelife.

At first, Germany was no different than it was before Hitler’s Chancellorship, but it wasn’t long until things began to take a sharp turn on a road that had never been traveled before. Hitler soon adopted a policy called “coordination” which aligned individualism with Nazi goals. In doing this, Hitler aimed to create a volk community, “a society that would transcend class and religious differences” (Third Reich:An overview). The creation of the volk community however, would remain a near impossible feat until Hitler gained the power to put make his goals a reality, which he eventually did. First, The Reichstag Fire Decree, permitted the suspension of basic civil rights and then the SS, Hitler’s “army” gained control over the police. Soon after, the Civil Services Act of 1933 was passed, and this law gave German authorities

World War II began in 1939, ignited by Germany invading Poland. A reoccurring theme throughout WWII and its controversy lies in the political system behind many countries. The totalitarian form of government began with the reign of Joseph Stalin, the dictator of The Soviet Union, and Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. A totalitarian government is known as a society that is run by a dictator, but not all dictatorships are from a totalitarian government (4.). Those living in a totalitarian society have little to no freedom and are controlled by the government. Another word to refer to the totalitarian government system is the word fascism. During World War II, there were many countries ruled by fascist propaganda, the most known being Russia, ruled by Joseph Stalin; and Germany, ruled by Adolf Hitler. These were not the only totalitarian countries during this time; there was also Iran, ruled by Reza Pahlavi; Poland, ruled by Antonio de Oliveira Salzar; and Hungary, ruled by Ferenc Szálasi (5.). Each of these countries played a different part in the Second World War. Despite the strictness in the totalitarian government, you could find totalitarianism and fascism on both sides of the war, there is even speculation over the United States of America giving into a fascist attitude. The totalitarian government system had a large impact on the world during the Second World War because of its strict and harsh treatment of individuals. Totalitarian governments were thought of as

Totalitarianism is a form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government. By the beginning of World War II, “totalitarian” had become equal with absolute and oppressive single-party government. In the years quickly after the WWI, a promising new time of vote based system appeared to be developing. The dictatorial administrations in Russia, Germany and Austria, were all overthrown and replaced by republics. The seven recently made states in Europe all received the republican type of government. Popular government appeared to be triumphant in the post-war world. Yet inside of two decades, numerous law based nations in Europe

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.

Almost every aspect of life was placed under the control and influence of the Nazi Party in Germany for all of its citizens. Instead of having normal schooling as they did before Hitler came to power,

The Gestapo had various different aims throughout the years of Hitler’s Third Reich however their main purpose (according to a law passed in 1936) was to “investigate and suppress all anti-state tendencies” and to continue creating a pure Aryan Race. The Gestapo purged minorities, political opponents and even ordinary Germans.

Southeastern Europe was on the very edge of financial disarray, due to the war. This suggests the conspicuous conversation starter: Who will pay? Those economies which are most needing profitable ventures, are the ones slightest fit for thinking of the required money related assets locally or abroad. Along these lines, if the course of financial improvement here were left to the rationale of the free market, there would be no expectation of repairing or enhancing anything. Luckily, we know from the German "financial marvel" after World War II, that there is another approach to

The Gestapo were the secret police of the Nazi state. According to Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, the Gestapo was founded in April of 1933 by a lieutenant of Adolf Hitler, Herman Goring. Goring named the organization himself. ¨The Gestapo agent is an incredible mixture: he knows philosophy and literature, has almost Proustian memory, and converses with a brilliance that is strictly ersatz Koestler. - Germans: Good and Otherwise¨ page 435.

Young people were very paramount to Nazi Germany in order to preserve Hitler’s ideals to the posterity. Hans Schemm, the leader of the Nazi Teachers’ League, stated, ‘those who have youth on their side control the future’. Therefore, Nazi Germany went to many lengths by utilizing youth programs and controlling education in order to achieve the loyalty of the youth. Nazi youth organizations were governed by two basic intentions: to train boys for war and girls for motherhood. The most recognized youth organization was known as Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth was created to educate and train male youth in Nazi principles. According to Britannica.com, on a German male’s 10th birthday, he was registered and investigated (especially for “racial purity”) and, if qualified, inducted into the Deutsches Jungvolk (“German Young People”). At age 13 the youth became eligible for the Hitler Youth, from which he was graduated at age 18. Throughout these years he lived a Spartan life of dedication, fellowship, and Nazi conformity, generally with minimum parental guidance. From age 18 he was a member of the Nazi Party and served in the state labor service and the armed forces until at least the age of 21. Furthermore, in these youth organizations there was persistent activity and competition; through this,

In the Hitler Youth movement, created in 1922, each child born had to join an extremely tough military training in preparation for any kind of war. Many children did not know why they were training in that way. Yet for them just the feeling in being proud and brave was enough to continue in their tasks. They enjoyed being the center of attention and the object of the adult desires. We can say that the Nazis system in