"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” This quote by Hitler sends chills down people's spines. The feelings people feel towards this dictator is a mixture of hatred and sadness for the people he hurt. But did he only hurt the Jew? No, he hurt the disabled, gays, and communist, the list will go on. Yet that is not all. People forget about all of the Germans who were brainwashed to believe these terrible things were right. The next question after people realizes this atrocity is why. Why would he destroy the lives of thousands of people in his country? And surely not everyone fell for his charade. And the answers are vile. As any person who is trying to take over the world, Hitler needed followers, powerful followers who could convince
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So after a couple years of propaganda inside the children’s books, textbooks, and every other type of media platform, he started working the kids extra hard at the Youth group, and even opened a Hitler Youth rifle school in 1937.(www.historyplace.com) Millions of boys went to this school, and where trained for the use of them. And out of the 1.5 million that went, 50,000 of the boys received an award for being able to shoot from 164 feet with a near perfect score.(www.historyplace.com) Hitler was forming children into young soldiers, and they followed him all the way to a terrible night one day called Kristallnacht. On this day, over 25,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps by the SS and Hitler Youth.(www.historyplace.com) Every single member of the SS and Hitler Youth believed that what they were doing was right and just. Hitler brainwashed almost an entire nation, to turn against innocent bystanders. But he could not of done this without the propaganda, teachers, and other forms of influence. Hitler knew exactly what he wanted in a soldier, “ a less well-educated, but physically healthy individual with a sound, firm character, full of determination and willpower, is more valuable to the Volkisch community than an intellectual weakling."(www.historyplace.com) Hitler wanted someone who knew nothing about what he was doing, and strong enough that he doesn’t have to care. He wanted someone to believe any word he said, then do his bidding. And He had almost every child in Germany believe him,
So after a couple years of propaganda inside the children’s books, textbooks, and every other type of media platform, he started working the kids extra hard at the Youth group, and even opened a Hitler Youth rifle school in 1937.(www.historyplace.com) Millions of boys went to this school, and where trained for the use of them. And out of the 1.5 million that went, 50,000 of the boys received an award for being able to shoot from 164 feet with a near perfect score.(www.historyplace.com) Hitler was forming children into young soldiers, and they followed him all the way to a terrible night one day called Kristallnacht. On this day, over 25,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps by the SS and Hitler Youth.(www.historyplace.com) Every single member of the SS and Hitler Youth believed that what they were doing was right and just. Hitler brainwashed almost an entire nation, to turn against innocent bystanders. But he could not of done this without the propaganda, teachers, and other forms of influence. Hitler knew exactly what he wanted in a soldier, “ a less well-educated, but physically healthy individual with a sound, firm character, full of determination and willpower, is more valuable to the Volkisch community than an intellectual weakling."(www.historyplace.com) Hitler wanted someone who knew nothing about what he was doing, and strong enough that he doesn’t have to care. He wanted someone to believe any word he said, then do his bidding. And He had almost every child in Germany believe him,