These photographs from the National archives in Germany, better than any words make it clear what Nazism is.
These ladies of the youth organization of Nazi Germany in the “Hitler youth”. According to Nazi philosophy, the main goal of girls was to become a mother and raise perfect children, to ensure the future of the 1000 year Reich. By 1939, all the young girls had become members of the organization, of course, if they were “clean origami”.
Since 1935, all young men aged 18 to 25 years had to undergo a six-month labor service that essentially was a form of military training. Young men were sent to labor camps, mostly for agricultural work, industrial facilities, and construction of highways. They received pocket money but no salary
The organization “Hitler youth” was created in 1925 and by the end of 1932, it numbered in its ranks 108 000 members. However, since the adoption of the “Law on the Hitler youth” in 1936, the first formal voluntary participation in the movement became mandatory. Parents prevented their children to join the Hitler youth, was waiting for punishment. It is not surprising that by 1939, membership was 8 million
German children were taught to toss up his right hand and shout “Heil Hitler!”. The teachers were forced to join the Nazi party, otherwise they might suspect that they are in opposition
1940. These children are evacuated from Berlin as the city was bombed by the Royal air force of great Britain. First, the Nazis evacuated the children from Berlin and Hamburg, but then began to evacuate other cities. In some cases, mothers with young children were taken too
Member of the League of German Girls received a political and not academic training, as the regime instilled in them that their main goal is to become mothers and to implement Hitler’s ideas about the “Supreme race”
1934. Berlin. The kids buy ice cream
July 23, 1933. “Brownshirts” and the boy from “Hitler youth” held demonstrations outside the Church in Berlin. A week has passed since then, as have abolished all opposition political parties, trade unions dismissed earlier
1933. These boys in masks are taught to shoot, March and map-reading — skills needed soldiers. In late 1944 and early 1945 the boys of the Hitler youth defending Berlin
These children are part of the “Lebensborn” — the Nazi program to create a new race of blond-haired, blue-eyed children. It was designed by Heinrich Himmler, in the course of this program in the special hospitals came to light 8 000 children in Germany and 12,000 in Norway
The boys of the Hitler youth wore special uniforms
October 1940. The teacher in a Nazi uniform tells the children in the Polish school of racial superiority and demographic policy
1936. These men in SS uniform baptize the child. The SS were the personal bodyguards of Hitler and were under the command of Heinrich Himmler
Bishop Ludwig müller from the very beginning supported the Nazis. He tried to combine Christian doctrine with the Nazi philosophy and even claimed that Jesus was an Aryan
The boys of the “Hitler youth” often went Hiking. This was considered a good preparation for military life
The bride and groom consider their rings. All honeymooners gave Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf”, as well as all soldiers heading to the front. Thus, the book became a bestseller in Germany
Children with mental disabilities such as down syndrome, was waiting for forced sterilization. The Nazis were obsessed with racial purity and physical
Peter Shelte Herem, the senior officer of the Waffen SS, in the day of his wedding
These two of the storm troopers attach the sign on a Jewish shop in Berlin on 1 April 1933, less than three months after coming to power of Hitler — urging people to boycott the store because of the religion of its owners
This sign reads “Jews are our misfortune”. The purpose of propaganda was to humiliate the Jewish people. Exhibited them as scapegoats and blamed for all the problems Germany
This Jewish store defeated in Berlin during Kristallnacht — night of broken glass — in November 1938. Storm troopers smashed Windows in Jewish stores and homes were burned over 260 synagogues throughout Germany and Austria
This group of Jews standing in line near the travel Agency in January 1939 in the hope of moving to Palestine
1940.Poland. This Jewish woman considers the item a street vendor. The largest Jewish ghetto was in Poland’s capital, Warsaw; it contained over 400,000 Jews. According to reports, 300,000 people were shot or killed in gas chambers, and another 90,000 people died of starvation or disease
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