Nazification of German Society

After reading section V of the The Nazi Revolution, by Allen Mitchell, it is fairly easy to address the different perspectives on the impact of Nazism on the German society. The readings gathered by Mitchell cover all kinds of thoughts on numerous subjects regarding the Nazification of German society. These readings cover ideas ranging from “The Nazification of a Town” to “Obedient and Dissident Youth” and finally “The Ambivalence of Anti-Semitism”. Each reading gives a spin on different aspects of the Nazification. All in all, the Nazis main intention as far as German society is concerned, was to penetrate all aspects of German life.

The Nazification of German towns began before the Nazis even came into power in 1933. In fact, this could be one of the most important reasons for the NSDAP success in gaining co

The Hitler Youth is yet another prime example of the Nazis influencing every aspect of life. What better way to start influencing loyalty than to start with the German children? The German Youth enjoyed it because it gave them a sense of power that they had not had before. As a result of being in the Hitler Youth, many children felt they could engage in conflict with teachers, their fathers, foremen, and clergymen. Like the Nazi SS the Hitler Youth considered itself very important in an arrogant way.

So how did the local Nazi leaders take control of their towns? According to Allen, the most important factor in the victory of the Nazism was the active division of the town along class lines. In Northeim (the town Allen choose to analyze), the middle class was trying to suppress the lower class. This was because the lower class supported the Social Democratic party. Nazism appealed to the middle class because the middle class needed a party that would let keep them above the lower class. Allen also claims that the middle class in Northeim applauded the institution of a dictator.

ntrol of Germany. Each town had NSDAP party members in it. These party members had one goal in mind, to take control at of the townspeople at the first chance they had. This was Hitler’s idea and it seems that it paid off. William Sheridan Allen writes, “Hitler also gave his followers a simple goal that not other party shared: the idea of taking total and exclusive power at the first chance”. (Allen 153)

In order to Nazify the youth of Germany, the Nazis banned youth organizations or merged them in with the Hitler Youth. By the end of 1933, a large number of German boys were involved in the Hitler Youth. But the numbers weren’t quite what the Nazis were looking. This led to drastic measure from the Nazis. It was then that those not already involved in the Hitler Youth were either forced in by non-violent pressure or by violent pressure.

The Hitler Youth was also a very big part in the Nazification of German Society. The Hitler Youth was used as a tool to enforce Nazi behavior. They would go out on patrols and look for kids doing Non-Nazi type things and report them. This was a way to enlist even more youth. If the Nazis saw fit, a punishment could be joining the Hitler Youth. On top of that, the Hitler Youth was also used to report adults that were un-Nazi. In the end the Hitler Youth was a good tool for the Nazis in

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