History GCSE
Indoctrination
What Indoctrination means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Indoctrination
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The process of shaping young people into loyal, obedient followers of Hitler who would secure the future of the Reich.
Topics that use Indoctrination
- 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
- Hitler Youth
- Ideological indoctrination
- League of German Maidens
- State control of professions
- Education as propaganda
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