Education
Weimar Republic
Compulsory schools for age 6-10
Signi cant divide between di erent parties when writing the
constitution on how education should be handled,
especially with religious schools
Diverse education system — 29,000 Protestant schools,
15,000 Catholic schools, 97 Jewish schools, 9,000
common schools and 300 secular schools
Secular schools were set up as a compromise and ensured
a wide variety of education available
There were many faith schools as the Reichstag was
constantly divided
The government wanted to removed religious based
schools so that the education system was fair to every child
but many were against this so this created controversy and
disagreement
Education above the age of 10 had to be paid for — many
couldn’t a ord this
Nazi Germany
1929 National Socialist Teachers League set up — 6,000
members by 1933
Kept the state school structure but private primary school
education was abolished
Curriculum was changed to focus on Nazi ideology and
physical tness
Schools and teachers were a tool used to indoctrinate the
youth
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Weimar Republic
Compulsory schools for age 6-10
Signi cant divide between di erent parties when writing the
constitution on how education should be handled,
especially with religious schools
Diverse education system — 29,000 Protestant schools,
15,000 Catholic schools, 97 Jewish schools, 9,000
common schools and 300 secular schools
Secular schools were set up as a compromise and ensured
a wide variety of education available
There were many faith schools as the Reichstag was
constantly divided
The government wanted to removed religious based
schools so that the education system was fair to every child
but many were against this so this created controversy and
disagreement
Education above the age of 10 had to be paid for — many
couldn’t a ord this
Nazi Germany
1929 National Socialist Teachers League set up — 6,000
members by 1933
Kept the state school structure but private primary school
education was abolished
Curriculum was changed to focus on Nazi ideology and
physical tness
Schools and teachers were a tool used to indoctrinate the
youth
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