Education in the Third Reich: Race and History in Nazi TextbooksIn its determination to take absolute control, the Third Reich focused on the nation's youth, reserving for the schools the vital task of refashioning the German psyche. This book examines these propaganda efforts--one of the most radical and far-reaching experiments in educational history. The book focuses on the manipulation of the German past, one of the primary means of state intervention to ensure the triumph of the racial idea in history. It shows how textbooks written by National Socialists equalled or exceeded the most imaginative fiction, with an itinerary that extended from Valhalla and the Germania of Tacitus to the Prussia of Frederick the Great, before mounting to the pinnacle represented by the Third Reich. The primary source materials for this study consist of a broad, representative collection of history textbooks, primers, and books of readings containing historical instruction. |
Contents
National Socialism and the Modern Malaise | 1 |
THE SECULAR STATE AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING | 8 |
National Socialism as a Metaphysical System | 13 |
THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE GERMANIC IDEOLOGY | 14 |
NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND THE METAPHYSICS OF HISTORY | 20 |
THE EVOLUTION OF THE HITLERS EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT | 24 |
The Apocalyptic Function of History in the National Socialist Schools | 34 |
THE ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN OF THE TEXTBOOKS | 35 |
NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND YOUTH | 103 |
THE IMAGE AND EDUCATION OF THE GERMAN FEMALE | 105 |
Educating for Membership in the Mystical Community The Volksgemeinschaft | 116 |
THE COMMUNITY OF BLOOD | 117 |
THE MILITARIZED SOCIETY | 126 |
Combating the UnGerman | 138 |
THE EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NAZI RACIALISM | 139 |
MARXISM | 149 |
THE HEIGHTENED TEMPO OF THE TEXTBOOKS | 40 |
THE HAPPY ACCIDENT OF NATURE | 47 |
THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY | 51 |
THE HERO IN HISTORY | 57 |
NATURE STRUGGLE AND HISTORY | 64 |
The Secular Religious Character of National Socialist History | 75 |
THE HISTORY TEXTBOOK AS A RECORD OF DIVINE REVELATION | 77 |
Education for Regeneration The New Man and the New Woman | 93 |
THE SCHOOL AND THE NEW MAN | 95 |
CHRISTIANITY | 153 |
ETHNOCENTRISM AND GERMAN HISTORY | 163 |
RATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY | 170 |
Conclusion | 177 |
Notes | 185 |
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Education in the Third Reich: Race and History in Nazi Textbooks Gilmer W. Blackburn Limited preview - 2012 |
Education in the Third Reich: A Study of Race and History in Nazi Textbooks Gilmer W. Blackburn No preview available - 1985 |
Education in the Third Reich: Race and History in Nazi Textbooks Gilmer W. Blackburn No preview available - 1985 |
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