The Hitler Youth organization influenced the lives of all members. The majority of these boys and girls had other influences as well, including parents and school. However, there were times and places where the National Socialists took over the complete education and even the parenting of youngsters. This occurred in a variety of boarding schools that were established by the Nazi state and/or the Hitler Youth. In these schools youngsters lived, breathed, and embodied Nazi ideology without parental influence or interference.

National Political Education Institutions

In the Third Reich, two different types of schools trained the elite, future leaders of the Nazi state: the National Political Education Institutions and the Adolf Hitler Schools. Both were boarding institutions that accepted distinguished boys after their second year in the Jungvolk. Since the National Socialists believed that girls should be educated to...