The article is a good example of how quickly Nazi ideology penetrated German society. This issue appeared only ten weeks after Hitler had taken power.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
German Children Playing "Concentration Camp"
While reading Peter Fritzsche's new book Life and Death in Nazi Germany, I came across a reference to children in Munich incorporating a concentration camp into their games. That I had to look up, and I've now added the April 1933 article titled "The New Game: The S.A. Cleans up the Liebknecht House," which was the Communist Party's headquarters in Berlin. The picture below shows their makeshift concentration camp.
The article is a good example of how quickly Nazi ideology penetrated German society. This issue appeared only ten weeks after Hitler had taken power.
The article is a good example of how quickly Nazi ideology penetrated German society. This issue appeared only ten weeks after Hitler had taken power.
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Hi there
I thought you may be interested in the propagandist image and mentions of Nazism in this month's History Today cover story about the History of Breastfeeding.
You can find the link displayed prominently on our homepage www[dot]historytoday[dot]com
Thanks
Derry
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