Binding: Hardcover
Description: Drawing on material from eighty archives in six different countries worldwide as well as eyewitness testimonies from over 100 former pupils Helen Roche presents the first comprehensive history of the Third Reich's most prominent elite schools the National Political Education Institutes (Napolas / NPE a). The Napolas provided an all - encompassing National Socialist 'total education' featuring ideological indoctrination premilitary training and a packed programme of extracurricular activities including school trips and exchanges throughout Europe and beyond. Combining all the most seductive elements of reform - pedagogy youth - movement traditions and the militaristic ethos of the Prussian cadet schools the schools took pupils from the age of ten aiming to train them for leadership roles in all walks of life. Those who successfully passed the gruelling entrance examination which tested applicants physical prowess courage and alleged 'racial purity along with their academic abilities had to learn to live in a highly militarized and enclosed boarding - school community. Through an in - depth depiction of everyday life at the Napolas as well as systematic analysis of the ways in which different schools within the NPE a system were shaped by their previous traditions this study sheds light on the qualities which the Nazi regime desired to instil in its future citizens whilst also contributing to key debates on the political social and cultural history of the Third Reich demonstrating that the history of education and youth can illuminate the broader history of this era in novel ways. Ultimately the NPE a can be seen as the Nazi dictatorship's most effective educational experiment.
Title: The Third Reich's Elite Schools A History Of The Napolas
Author(s): Roche Helen (Associate Professor In Modern European Cultural History Associate Professor In Modern European Cultural History Durham University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198726128
Pages: 544 Pages, 22 Black And White Figures/Maps
Publication Date: 2/11/2022
Category: History Of Education