In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people?

In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people?

Ans.

Nazi state took the following steps to establish total control over its people:

(i) Conditioning of male youth :

(a) Right from child birth Nazi state took control of the minds of the babies. They were ideologically trained towards Nazism as they grew up.

(b) Specialized textbooks were introduced in schools.

(c) Sports like boxing were promoted to inculcate aggressiveness and violence among boys.

(d) They were trained to be loyal, submissive, hate Jews and worship Hitler.

(ii) Conditioning of Girl Child and women :

(a) Girls were trained to be good mothers.

(b) Women were expected to rear only pure blooded Aryans.

(c) Women who gave birth to pure Aryan children were given special rewards and concessions.

(d) Women who did not conform to the set norms were punished, separated from their husbands and children.

(iii) Economic favours for Aryans :

(a) Aryan race was given plenty of economic opportunities.

(a) They were well employed, safeguarded and their business was supported by the government.

(iv) Nazi Propaganda

(a) Nazis made efforts to influence its population through media.

(b) Racial discrimination was implemented brutally under the cover of war.

(c) They promised to undo the injustice and humiliation of Treaty of Versailles, restore the dignity of Germans. Nazis alone could solve all their problems.

(d) Hitler and Nazism were projected as saviors for Germany.