In Detlev Peukert’s “Young People: For or Against the Nazis?” Peukert dichotomizes what the mindset of the teens and children in Germany, and why they were so adamant about becoming a good citizen in the eyes of the Nazi party. Determining why the youth growing up during the rise of the Nazi party were so willing to follow and support the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler’s reign of supremacy is a fascinating topic to dismember and investigate. Peukert discusses what the youth of the time really thought about. Peukert also begins the argument of the possibility that youth were not truly supporting Hitler and the Nazi party. Can we truly be sure if these youth actually supported the Nazi party and the movement that bought so many German people together?
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He bring ups instances of anti-Nazi groups arising throughout the years. He shows an image of members of these groups being out to death. This brings up a legitimate argument that many of the young people and their families were acting out of fear. These youth may very well be absorbing the information that is right in front of their faces. If you are against Hitler and the Nazis then you are quite simply going to be suffering harsh consequences similar to the Jewish people that were prosecuted.
The next interesting piece of information that Peukert provided was that the youth were not truly raised by their parents and in turn never truly gained the skills and knowledge on order to make the right decisions. Since these children were taken away from their families at such a young age, they were not taught the simple skills of common sense and decency. Peukert shows us that sexual activity including but not limited to group sex and swinger was very common. The lack of night time supervision was a problem that led to many of these activities in even the youngest …show more content…
These group of young people consisted of teenagers around the ages of 14to 17. This was so because you were not mandated to stay in school past 14 and were not able to be drafted until you were 17. This group was known to exercise the freedoms that the youth had once had and participated in activities that had been taken away from them had they been a part of the ‘Hitler Youth Movement.’ This included hanging out, playing games, and intermingling with other teens of the opposite sex, which was deeply forbidden within Hitler’s youth
He bring ups instances of anti-Nazi groups arising throughout the years. He shows an image of members of these groups being out to death. This brings up a legitimate argument that many of the young people and their families were acting out of fear. These youth may very well be absorbing the information that is right in front of their faces. If you are against Hitler and the Nazis then you are quite simply going to be suffering harsh consequences similar to the Jewish people that were prosecuted.
The next interesting piece of information that Peukert provided was that the youth were not truly raised by their parents and in turn never truly gained the skills and knowledge on order to make the right decisions. Since these children were taken away from their families at such a young age, they were not taught the simple skills of common sense and decency. Peukert shows us that sexual activity including but not limited to group sex and swinger was very common. The lack of night time supervision was a problem that led to many of these activities in even the youngest …show more content…
These group of young people consisted of teenagers around the ages of 14to 17. This was so because you were not mandated to stay in school past 14 and were not able to be drafted until you were 17. This group was known to exercise the freedoms that the youth had once had and participated in activities that had been taken away from them had they been a part of the ‘Hitler Youth Movement.’ This included hanging out, playing games, and intermingling with other teens of the opposite sex, which was deeply forbidden within Hitler’s youth