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Anti-semitism and schooling under the Third Reich

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This book investigates the anti-Semitic foundations of Nazi curricula for elementary schools, with a focus on the subjects of biology, history, and literature. Gregory Paul Wegner argues that any study of Nazi society and its values must probe the education provided by the regime. Schools, according to Wegner, play a major role in advancing ideological justifications for mass murder, and in legitimizing a culture of ethnic and racial hatred. Using a variety of primary sources, Wegner provides a vivid account of the development of Nazi education.

Title Anti-semitism and schooling under the Third Reich / Gregory Paul Wegner.
Publisher New York, N.Y. : Routledge Falmer
Creation Date 2002
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Tables and llustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Emergence of Racial Anti-Semitism and Nazi Educational Philosophy
The Emergence of Racial Anti-Semitism
National Socialism, Jews, and the Educated Person
Anti-Semitic Voices and Nazi Education
Nazi Curriculum Reform and Race
Chapter 2. The Jewish Question: Curriculum Perspectives from the Third Reich
Ernst Dobers and the Jewish Question
Education for the Anti-Semite: The Perspective of Werner Dittrich
Fritz Fink and the Face of the JewChapter 3. The Jew as Racial Pariah in Race Hygiene and Biology
Paul Brohmer and the New Biology
Schooling for a New Mythos: Race, Anti-Semitism, and the Curriculum of Alfred Vogel
The Vogel Teaching Charts
Race Hygiene and the New Biology
Medical Doctors on Race Hygiene and the Schools
Ferdinand Rossner and Biological Conceptions of the Jew
The Development of Race Hygiene in Schools Under National Socialism
The Depths of War and the Endurance of Race Hygiene
Chapter 4. The Jew as Cultural Outsider in History and Geography
Curriculum Directives
The Jewish Question and the New HistoryHistory and the Jew: Early Directions
Dieter Klagges and Race History
The Jew in History Text and Story
Geographical Perspectives on the Jew
Chapter 5. Exemplars of Anti-Semitic Literature for Children
Ernst Hiemer and the Demonization of the Jew
Hiemer and Anti-Semitic Fairytales
The Dark Image of the Jew and Elvira Bauer
Phillip Bouhler and the Nazi Movement
Race Hygienic Fables and the Obscure Jew
German Studies, the Jew, and Connections with Physical Education
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Series Studies in the History of Education
Extent 1 online resource (579 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010702557405171
MARC RECORDS

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