History GCSE
Hitler Youth
What Hitler Youth means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Hitler Youth
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An organisation for boys that prepared them for military service through rigorous physical training, camping and weapons handling, fostering aggression and discipline.
Topics that use Hitler Youth
- Option 31: Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39 - 2 Nazi policies towards the young (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Anti-Semitism in practice
- Ideological indoctrination
- League of German Maidens
- State control of professions
- Education as propaganda
- Indoctrination
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