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Ländliche Elite und Volksgemeinschaft: Ostfrieslands Volksschullehrkräfte im "Dritten Reich"
Rural elite and national community: elementary school teachers in East Friesland during the "Third Reich"
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Abstract "The society of the Third Reich was hierarchically structured and opened up new prospects for teachers at elementary schools. After school supervision by the Churches had come to an end, both role and status of teachers on the country were clearly revaluated. However, only after 1933 the teachers we... view more
"The society of the Third Reich was hierarchically structured and opened up new prospects for teachers at elementary schools. After school supervision by the Churches had come to an end, both role and status of teachers on the country were clearly revaluated. However, only after 1933 the teachers were officially recognized as educators of the entire people. In this context, their elite function was less connected to teaching at school but to their voluntary work within the social structure of villages, which speedily made most of all male teachers belong to the local circles of opinion leaders. Particularly due to this role, teachers were expected to show intensive National Socialist commitment, which will be analysed by the regional example of East Friesian teachers as members of the choirs of Leeran and the local NSV." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
role; education; elementary school; historical analysis; Northern Germany; people; club; rural area; social actor; Nazism; political actor; song; inclusion; teacher; elite; district; exclusion; science of history; German Reich; Third Reich
Classification
General History
Sociology of Education
Teachers, Students, Pupils
Document language
German
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 17-36
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 10 (2013) 1
Issue topic
Akteure der Diktatur: Regionale Fallstudien zur NS- und SED-Herrschaft
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications