Indoctrination

This involved indoctrination: repeatedly teaching Nazi ideas while limiting opportunities to hear other views. Children were encouraged to obey authority, put the national community before themselves and accept Nazi racial beliefs. The Nazis falsely claimed that some racial groups were superior to others and promoted antisemitism.

Repeated exposure to the same messages was a form of indoctrination: teaching beliefs in ways that discouraged questioning. The Nazis aimed to make loyalty to Hitler more important than competing loyalties to family, religion or independent organisations.