Explain four ways in which Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people.

Explain four ways in which Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people.

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(i) The Nazis sought to establish a strong Nazi society by controlling the German child both inside and outside the school. All schools were ‘cleansed’ and ‘purified’. This meant that teachers who were Jews or seen as ‘politically unreliable’ were dismissed.

(ii) Children were first segregated and subsequently the *undesirable children’ - Jews, Gypsies and the physically handicapped were thrown out of schools.

(iii) The German children were subjected to a prolonged period of ideological training. School textbooks were rewritten.

(iv) Children were taught to be loyal and submissive, hate Jews and worship Hitler. Even sports was to nurture a spirit of violence and aggression among children.