The Threats to Homeschooling: From Hitler to the NEA
By Duane Lester
The Nazi Party didn’t take control of Germany until 1933, but the Hitler Youth were numbering over one thousand members as early as 1923. By 1925, they ballooned to five thousand members. Less than ten years later, they numbered over two million.
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
- Adolf Hitler
Hitler understood the power of controlling the youth of the country. He used many different methods to increase his influence over the young, from setting himself up as a father figure, to holding huge rallies and directing their focus at a specific “enemy.” He also worked to keep them ignorant, letting them learn only what he felt they needed to know.
In 1937, Hitler ordered all German children into the government schools. He said:
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