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In 1938 there were 8,000 full-time leaders of the HJ. There were also 720,000 part-time Hitler Youth leaders, often schoolteachers, who had been trained in National Socialist principles. For boys aged between 10 and 14 years the camp set up was called the Jungvolk. The boys had to learn semaphore, arms drill, and take part in two-day cross-country hikes. They also had to learn Nazi dogma and once they passed the necessary tests they were given a special dagger marked "Blood and Honor". The main objective of the organization was to provide Adolf Hitler with loyal supporters Once girls reached the age of they could join the Jungmädel. At 14 they entered the Bund Deutscher Mädel. (German Girls' League). This included a year of farm or domestic service. They were trained by female guardians and their overall leader was Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. Education played a very important part in Nazi Germany in trying to cultivate a loyal following for Hitler and the Nazis. The Nazis were aware that education would create loyal Nazis by the time they reached adulthood. The Hitler Youth had been created for post-school activities and schools were to play a critical part in developing a loyal following for Hitler - indoctrination and the use of Propaganda were a common practice in Nazi schools and the education system. Enforcing a Nazi curriculum on schools depended on the teachers delivering it. All teachers had to be vetted by local Nazi officials. All teachers had to be careful about what they said as children were encouraged to inform the authorities if a teacher said something that did not fit in with the Nazi's curriculum for schools. Subjects underwent a major change in schools. Some of the most affected were History and Biology. History was based on the glory of Germany. The German defeat in 1918 was explained as the work of Jewish and spies who had weakened the system from within. The Treaty of Versailles was the work of nations jealous of Germany's might and power. The hyperinflation of 1923 was the work of Jewish saboteurs. The national resurgence was started under the leadership of Hitler. Biology became a study of the different races to 'prove' that the Nazi belief in racial superiority was a sound belief. "Racial Instruction" started as the age of 6. Pupils were taught about the problems of heredity. Older pupils were taught about the importance of selecting the right "mate" when marrying and producing children. Geography taught pupils about the land Germany had taken away from her in 1919 and the need for Germany to have living space, and that Jews were taking up valuable space. Science had a military-slant to it. The curriculum required that the principles of shooting be studied, military aviation science, bridge building, and the impact of poisonous gasses. Girls had a different curriculum in some regards as they studied domestic science and eugenics, both of which were to prepare young girls to be the prefect mother and wife. In Eugenics, girls were taught about the characteristics to look out for in a perfect husband and father. PE became a very important part of the curriculum. Hitler had stated that he wanted boys who could suffer pain. PE took up 15% of a school's weekly timetable. Boxing became compulsory for boys. Those who failed fitness tests could be expelled from their schools - and face humiliation from those who had passed such tests. Indoctrination became rampant in all subjects. At every opportunity, teachers were expected to attack the life style of the Jews.

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