Figure 1.--Here we see a group of German secondary students about 1935 on a school outing. We are not sure just where they are, but outings into the countrside were popular. The boys, however, do not look to be dressed for hiking. Two of the boys seem to be wearing their Hitler Youth (HJ) uniforms. Others look to be wearing their HJ black corduroy short pants. This is clearly a school outing. The boys are motly wearing their school clothes and we can see the teacher center left.

We note some images that look like teachers taking their students on outings, mostly for hikes into the country. We believe this began in the 19th century. Photography at the time was primarily studio potrtraits, so we do not begin to see many snapshots of these outings until the 20th century. We are not ebntiely sure yet about the early-20th century before World War I. We see large numbers of these images in the 1920s and early-30s. There seem to have been a very close relationship between the boys and teachers. These are often single gender groups as most schools were gender separated. There were mixed primary schools, mostly village schools. We think this somewhat restricted such activities for girls as parents were more concerned about the safety of their girls way from home. And we notice far more snapshots of boy groups than girl groups on these outings. After the mid-30s, however, they become much less common. We believe this was becuse NAZI policy was to decrese the role of school in the lives of children and increase the role of the Hitler Youth movement. So we saee many instance of HJ outings of various kinds. We can usually tell the difference by the ways boys are dressed. Boys were school clothes or other regular clothes for school outings. A few boys may have worn their HJ uniforms which were allowed at school. Boys on HJ outings almost always wore their uniforms. Thus we have an easy way of destinguishing between school and HJ outings in the ample photographic record. After the War, school outings beyond local walks were not immediately possible. The transportation system was destroyed and the economy shattered. Conditions began improving, at least in the West, after 1948 and the beginning of the German economic miracle. Weare not sure that school outings resumed in the same way as was common before th NAZIs took power. At least we have not found as much evidence of such outings in the photographic record.

The 19th Century

We note some images that look like teachers taking their students on outings, mostly for hikes into the country. We believe this began in the 19th century. Photography at the time was primarily studio potrtraits. The family snapshot is largely a 20th century phenomenon. There were photographs taken outside the studio in the late-19th century. The process was, however, complicated and expensive. As a result, the number of family snapshots were very small and mostly by a few wealkthy hobbyists. Thus we do not begin to see many snapshots which capture evidence of these outings until the 20th century.

The 20th Century

We are not ebntiely sure yet about the early-20th century before World War I. We see large numbers of these images in the 1920s and early-30s. There seem to have been a very close relationship between the boys and teachers. These are often single gender groups as most schools were gender separated. There were mixed primary schools, mostly village schools. We think this somewhat restricted such activities for girls as parents were more concerned about the safety of their girls way from home. And we notice far more snapshots of boy groups than girl groups on these outings. After the mid-30s, however, they become much less common. We believe this was becuse NAZI policy was to decrese the role of school in the lives of children and increase the role of the Hitler Youth movement. So we saee many instance of HJ outings of various kinds. We can usually tell the difference by the ways boys are dressed. Boys were school clothes or other regular clothes for school outings. A few boys may have worn their HJ uniforms which were allowed at school. Boys on HJ outings almost always wore their uniforms. Thus we have an easy way of destinguishing between school and HJ outings in the ample photographic record. After the War, school outings beyond local walks were not immediately possible. The transportation system was destroyed and the economy shattered. Conditions began improving, at least in the West, after 1948 and the beginning of the German economic miracle. Weare not sure that school outings resumed in the same way as was common before th NAZIs took power. At least we have not found as much evidence of such outings in the photographic record.

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