The story of Pavlik Morozov exemplifies the definitive loyalty of the posterity transpiring from inculcating the youth in a single-party state society. Furthermore, the story of Pavlik Morozov is veritably reflective of the atmosphere of Stalin’s Soviet Union. As it displayed how the Soviet Education and Young Pioneers program had indoctrinated a child to the extent that he betrayed his father to the authorities. Stalin’s main aim regarding young people was to ensure that future workers would be adept enough to play their part in Russia’s industrial and scientific development. However, a byproduct of Stalin’s vision involved the youth of the Soviet Society in building a level of unprecedented loyalty towards their nation. Likewise, the methods …show more content…
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, …show more content…
Furthermore, Morozov’s infamous action of betraying his father to the authorities illustrated what transpires from single-party states inculcating the youth to place the loyalty to the state over any advent. Stalin utilized programs such as the Young Pioneers and Komsomol that indoctrinated the children with the beliefs of being a loyal communist and provide their ultimate subservience to the state. Moreover, education in the Soviet Union was explicitly directed to the needs of the state, with intentions of educating and culturing the citizens of the state. In Hitler’s Nazi
To begin with, this book educated the reader about the past. Everyone in the Soviet Union looked up to the leader, Stalin, even though he wasn’t a good leader at all. He caused many problems for the citizens including uncomfortable living conditions. This book educates the reader by showing that back then even when people were treated badly, they still had to look up to their leader even though he was the cause of all
The Hitler Youth, also known as the Hitlerjugend, was designed specifically for young Germans who wanted to fulfill their duties to the Fatherland and its leader, Adolf Hitler. Founded in 1926, this helped Hitler gain support from children throughout the entire country. Children as young as 6, with good records could join and become apprentices. By 1933, there were 100,000 members of the Hitler Youth and by 1940, 90% of all German children were members of the organization. Children were encouraged directly, mostly through school teachers. Parent permission was not necessary, making it easier for children to join. There were different sections of the Hitler Youth, based on age. It also had several divisions much like a real army. The boys were treated much like real soldiers at Hitler Youth training camps. They practiced military marching daily, strengthened their bodies, and had their hair shaved in military
Hitler isolated the youth from the rest of Germany to be able to easily manipulate their beliefs. In 1926 the Hitler Youth was founded and was made for the purpose to train boys to enter the SA (Storm Troopers), a Nazi Party paramilitary
Children were not only drawn into Nazi ideology through education reforms, but the creation of Nazi Youth Organizations also attracted a majority of German youth to the Nazi belief system. The single greatest tool used by Hitler to convince the youth to work towards the Volksgemeinschaft was the Hitler Youth. The goal of this party-run youth organization was to brainwash children to think and act German, and to wipe out class distinction and individualism. Like the education system, the Hitler Youth also emphasized physical fitness, as a key part of Aryan superiority. It also provided a plethora of group activities, the goal of these activities was to build trust for your
Stalin and Hitler were also skilled users of propaganda. Since each was a skilled user of propaganda, they could use their words to twist and manipulate the minds of people into believing that what they were saying was the absolute truth. Using this power, they would get people to do anything for them, which prove their amorality. Hitler and Stalin each used propaganda as
Then the Nazis had to prepare for the future and the future of Germany was the youth. Many organisations like the Hitler youth and the league for German Maidens were set up to teach the youth to follow the Nazis. In the Hitler youth they were taught like the military, neat, tidy and organised. The youth saw Hitler as a father figure in the fatherland and obeyed him. Then Hitler used indoctrination in the education system to recruit them into the army as loyal Nazis. There were subtle Nazi views added into all school work to brainwash the youth, as they were naive and didn’t see the wrong side of the Nazis true nature. The future of the people’s community was successfully secure and the Nazis would keep control for years to come.
“The Hitler Youth was founded in 1926” (“The Nazi Party”). As stated by Meinecke, “The Hitler Youth is not a boy scout or a girl guide organization… it is a compulsory Nazi formation which has consciously sought to breed hate, treachery, and cruelty into the minds and souls of every German child. It is in the true sense of the word education for death” (Conley). Hitler “based the Hitler Youth on anti-intellectualism, focusing on military training in preparation for becoming a soldier at 18” ("The Nazi Party”). The Hitler Youth was split up throughout the world, with some of the groups sent as far away as South America. “Baldur von Schirach was appointed the Reich Youth Leader” (“The Nazi Party”). There were age restrictions for the German Youth under Hitler. “German Youth could join the Hitler Youth beginning at the age of 10” (“The Nazi Party”). Hitler thought that the Hitler youth would help the “Third Reich last 1000 years” (Conley). The Hitler Youth played a major part in Hitler’s ultimate plan to eliminate the Jews, the
One way in which the Hitler Youth pushed the Nazification of Germany was through the brainwashing of the youth in schools (Featherman, 1932). Hitler was smart and realized it would be very hard to convince adults to change their ways immediately, so he targeted the youth because they were young and easily manipulated. According to
With many young receptive minds at his disposal Hitler initiated the plans that saw all members of Hitler youth indoctrinated into the Nazi ideals. Hitler made it publicly clear what his plans for brainwashing the youths would consist of: “After these youths have entered our organisations at the age of ten, and there experienced, for the first time, some fresh air….. We shall under no circumstances return them into the hands of our old champions of class and social standing, but instead place them immediately in the party, or the labour front, the SA or SS….. And thus they will never be free again for the rest of their lives.” The Nazis successfully achieved the indoctrination by employing many different subtle brainwashing techniques. For example, at drill times, the repetitive use of a song helped numb the young minds of the Hitler Youth. These songs would invariably be related to duty, blood, honour, soil and above all death and fighting. The lyrics of one such song goes like this: “We are marching for Hitler through night and dread/ with the banner of youth for freedom and bread.” This indoctrination
In addition, the Hitler Youth was led by a particular person. “In the early 1920’s, the Nazi Party has established a youth movement led by Kurt Gruber, with the aim of attracting young man who could be trained to become members of the SA.” (“Nazi Germany…”). Germans were part of the Hitler Youth. They were the “German Youth” but they were allowed to join. They had to be at the age of 10. The German women were to be prepared for motherhood just like the Hitler Youth. They almost had the same requirements, especially if they were able to join. (“The Nazi Party”). At first only 30 percent of the German Youth had joined. They then encouraged more to join such as the Nazis. There then was 80 percent that had joined. This increase in the percentage took about 6 years to go up. (“Why did the
Joseph Stalin is the face of the Soviet Union, and the shift from monarchy to communism, a system that promised equality and order. The Soviet Union, or the USSR, as discussed in lecture, was the first communist society, a society that emphasized the collective effort over individuality. Communism had the vision of social equality by eliminating class division, the emancipation of women and their rights, controlled education, and industrialization. Under Stalin’s rule, the Russian people believed there was hope for a brighter future, but unfortunately this was not the case. Even though the Soviet Union is considered a failed attempt at creating the utopian vision, this time in Russia is a fascinating topic of discussion. Joseph Stalin was a powerful leader nonetheless and was extremely successful in creating the “Personality Cult” which established a base of “newly coined believers” in the communist ways. This praise of Stalin, despite the terror he reigned, is evident in many pieces of literature throughout this time period including Yevgeny Schwartz’s The Dragon and Fazil Iskander’s Sandro of Chegem, will be discussed in relation to Stalin’s rule and the creation of the Soviet Union.
Nazi education schemes part fitted in with this but the man with the mustache wanted to occupy the minds of the young people in Germany even Hitler youth, had been horrible in 1920 by 1933 its membership stood at 100,000 after Hitler grew power boys joined at 10 years old at the jungvolk. Reinhard Heydrich, in charge of national security, found a wider use for the Streifendienst in the summer of 1939. He ordered that training sessions be held for these elite members of the Hitler Youth to teach them the most sophisticated techniques of spying. They were taught that their duty was to report to Nazi authorities any adult activities or conversations that were disloyal. This meant targeting neighbors, teachers, religious leaders, and even parents. The training was effective. There were cases of youths turning in their parents to the
Following the revolution, many of these groups remained within the borders of the newly forming Soviet state. The issues of that existence dictated the ideology which surrounded it. The Bolsheviks recognized children and youth as potentially the next purveyors of Soviet ideology. To properly see the Soviet Union’s structure, based on Moscow’s and justification for it, children had to be instructed on the relationship between center and periphery. Without an understanding of these dynamics rooted in Bolshevik ideology, children and youths’ conceptualization of the Soviet Union’s role as a model for all countries would be diminished. The Soviets made these groups others when presented in journals. While the nationalities and the Russians were
Just as Big Brother and the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four the Nazis implemented organizations to push their youth toward their ideas. Membership was voluntary at first, but the pressure to join was intense. Young people were accused of being anti-Nazi if they refused. Regular camps encouraged obedience to the Nazi state rather than to parents. The youth were constantly pushed to invite friends, parents, or anyone that was pro-Nazi to join organizations. Girls were taught to produce children for the master race.”With the use of the media, the youth were fed a constant diet of Nazi ideology” (Hutchison). The Nazis controlled the youth of Germany with clear roles that were established for young men and women to follow. Organizations were set up to compel children to be good Nazis. Children were encouraged to spy on their friends, neighbours, and families. The use of propaganda by the Nazis reinforced the ideas given to the young. This site provided me with a lot of information on the youth programs and groups that the Nazis had and used. It also helped me make a historical parallel between Oceania and Nazi
In the 1930s, German teenagers everywhere were joining the Hitler Youth, a movement designed to separate the weak children from the strong adults, as it were. Hitler believed that the future of Germany laid in the children