Figure 1.--This is a boys' primary school in Blankenburg, Germany. The class here is for 6 years old, the first year boys. All the boys wear their jackets and shirts buttoned up to their necks. Most of the boys wear long stockings. Most of the stockings are dark brown or black, but one boy wears beige long stockings that make him look almost as though he had bare legs. In the front row one boy wears knee socks. This picture was taken in 1933 just a month or so after Hitler had been appointed Chancellor.

Boys began primary school at about 6 years of age. All children entered the Grundschule (4 years, but sometimes 6--then called „Förderstufe“ ). Thus most boys in primat school were about 6-10 years of age. This was formerly called Volksschule together with Hauptschule. Today it is the different (Bundes) Länder (federal countries), that tell how education should be, but during the NAZI era all children attended Grundschule. This was not a new system, buat a continuation of the system in placed during the Weimar era. Boys left primary school after 4 years. The academically clever boys went on to a gymnasium, a school like a British grammar school. This was an academically selective secondary school. Other boys went to Realschule that lasted 6 years and usually enter a „Lehre“ or apply for job. Or they have to go to Hauptschule (usually 5 years).

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