Third Reich Primary Schools: Demographic Trends


Figure 1.--This rare color photograph was apparent taken in Bavaria during the early 1940s. The children almost certainlly attended a rural primary school. Notice the slates and sponge erasers. The children are going home after school.

There were still some significant demographic trends at schools in the Third Reich. (After World war II these differences were to gradually disappear.). There could be substantial differences between schools in rural areas and city schools. Most city schools had single-gender classess. Coeducation was more common in small rural schools. The children also dressed less fashionably. Many of the children might be barefootbin the warm weather. We also notice boys with bowl cuts. Clearly mom was doing We are less sure about regional differences.









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