THE THIRD REICH [Das Dritte Reich] 1934,
Pages 218-224
Six million in the H.J.
Toward the end of the year 6 million boys and girls had found national unity in the Hitler Youth and were being educated for service to the nation.
N. S. Teachers' League
The natural contact with the "National Socialist Teachers' League" necessarily became an important factor in the education of the Hitler youth (see Volume 1933, p.144) ; this league united the teachers on a National Socialistic basis. (Thus on 9 February the Reich leader of the Hitler youth had a conference with the Reich leader of the NS Teachers' League, party member Schemm, which again confirmed this cooperation.)
Reich conference of the NS Teachers' League in Frankfurt on Main
In order to clarify definitely the situation in regard to organizing the teachers, the leader of the Reich organization of the NSDAP, party member Dr. Ley, issued a decree in January by which he made the NS Teachers' League the official party organization of German educators. (The Reich conference of the N.S. Teachers' League in Frankfurt-on-Main, from 3 to 6 August, was the greatest conference of educators Germany has ever seen. The ideology which is born out of our blood constituted the basis of all directives given by this conference.)
Public and Middle Schools
On 3 April the Prussian Minister of Education issued a decree by which the public and middle schools were reorganized; a decree of 9 December 1933 had already cut down the functions of teachers' conferences to an advisory capacity.
In line with the National Socialist spirit the public and middle schools were organized in such a manner that the principal (director, principal teacher) carries the full responsibility to the
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school supervisory authority that his school works for the national community along the lines laid down by authoritative directives and that his school enjoys the public reputation deserved by a German popular educational institution.
Academic youth
The essence of all these questions was, after all, that they concerned the edcuation of German academic youth.
Student organizations put under the control of the leader of Deutsche Studentenschaft
In consequence of the policy initiated in 1933 to unite all students in the "Deutsche Studentenschaft" (see Vol. 1933, p. 151) a decree of 20 January put all student organizations under the control of the leader of the Deutsche Studentenschaft (D St). Great importance is also to be attributed to the declaration of the car-telunion of the color-wearing Catholic fraternities (CV) and the Catholicfraternities [Burschenschaften] of 31 January in which they pledged themselves to the National Socialist revolution as the basis of their education and did away with the confessional barriers to the extent that in the future they will admit any German student (who is a member of the DSt).
The Fuehrer's speech to the students
"The political leaders of the nation must try to distinguish themselves from the rest of the people not by greater privileges but by tougher voluntary discipline!"
That is what the Fuehrer told the students on 7. February in the Berlin Philharmonic where Reich Minister of the Interior Dr. Frick proclaimed the new constitution of the Studentenschaft. Party member Dr. Frick in his speech rejected the view that the new constitution meant a nationalization of the Studendent-schaften. The Reich only wants to secure for the Studentenschaft the territory and the boundaries within which it may administer its own affairs on its own responsibility. All those who fulfill their office with complete devotion to National Socialism will find their reward and the gratitude of the people in being allowed to contribute in an extremely responsible position to the great and difficult educational work that the Fuehrer has taken upon himself.
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Extracts from a book, with statements on Hitler Youth, the National Socialist Teachers League, student organizations, and a speech by Hitler on leaders
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 1934
Literal Title: Das Dritte Reich 1934
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Robert Ley, Baldur Schirach, von
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2393
Citations: IMT (page 255), IMT (page 257)
HLSL Item No.: 450286
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Education, propaganda, and youth programs (IMT) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-2393: Observations by Dr. Gerhard Wagner, Nsdap Commissioner for the universities, 15 November 1934, on the subject: the political and ideological education of students is exclusively in the hands of the national socialist students’ union