Youth 1924-28
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- Created on: 06-04-17 08:41
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- Young People
- Education
- Gymnasiums were for those aiming at university
- State education was divided along class lines. Gymnasiums - were from the middle and upper classes
- Divided along religious lines. Protestants and Catholic churches had a powerful influence over religious education
- Education reformers aimed to break down these divides and provide comprehensive education to all pupils
- Reformers were partially successful in the introduction of elementary schools. All children had to attend for first 4 years of education
- Reformers did not, however succeed in their aim of removing the influence of the churches from Schools
- Both Protestant and Catholic churches vigorously and successfully defended right to promote religious teaching
- Youth Groups
- Political youth groups
- The SPD was founded in 1925. It had the most members of any political youth group in the Weimar Period
- The Young Communist League was founded in 1925 for the children of KPD member s
- The Bismarck Youth, linked to the DNVP, was founded in 1922 and reached a membership of 42,000 by 1928. Strongest appeal was to middle and upper class youths in protestant areas, also had a strong working class
- The Hitler Youth was linked to the Nazi Party. Its growth was slow in the 1920s, reaching a membership of only 13,000 in 1929
- Church Youth Groups: Both protestants and Catholics had youth groups
- Catholics had many different groups aimed at different sections of young people, e.g. New Germany, founded in 1919 and aimed at middle class youths
- Protestants did not give youth work as high priority. Groups had fewer members
- In both religions, task of the youth groups were to promote religious observance and respect for the church, family and school
- Wandervogel (Wandering Birds)
- First Wandervogel was set up in 1896 by a Berlin School teacher
- movement quickly spread and groups consisted of mainly middle class boys
- highly nationalistic and were non-political. Had a romanticised view of Germany's past
- Much of their time was spent hiking in the forests, swimming in lakes and sleeping under canvas
- rejected middle class social conventions. Hated industrialisation and big cities
- Political youth groups
- Employment
- Children mostly from the working class, who didn't attend Gymnasium schools were supposed to leave school at the age of 14 and begin an apprenticeship
- Were fewer apprenticeships during the Weimar years. In 1925-26 17 per cent of the unemployed were in the 14-21 age group, partly due to baby boom between 1900-10
- Benefit system provided some help for young people and day centres were established to help youths acquire skills for work
- However, it couldn't compensate for lack of employment opportunity. Led to youths joining gangs - saw an increase in extremist parties
- many young people were seeking employment at a time when employers were reducing their workfoces
- Children mostly from the working class, who didn't attend Gymnasium schools were supposed to leave school at the age of 14 and begin an apprenticeship
- Education
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