{"id":1642,"date":"2018-01-03T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T13:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2018-01-02T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T13:58:00","slug":"weird-things-nazis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/weird-things-nazis\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird things the Nazi\u2019s Did"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weird things the Nazi\u2019s Did<\/h2>\n

Weird things the Nazi\u2019s did. Hitler and his Nazi henchmen are well known for the horrific actions of the Holocaust and other atrocities. They are often less well known for some of their wackier or weirder ideas, that often backfired or contradicted their own stance on certain issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With many people finding Nazism and its impact particularly difficult to comprehend, it was quite refreshing to stumble upon\u00a0this post<\/a>. In it, on the\u00a0We are the Mighty<\/a>\u00a0website, a series of Weird ideas that the Nazi\u2019s had \u2013 and often implemented \u2013 are explored.\u00a0\u00a0Some, such as the policy on\u00a0Degenrate Art<\/a>\u00a0and Lebensborn programme, are well known.<\/p>\n

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However it\u2019s not so much the content of the page that grabbed me. It is, of course, of interest to me but it was the way it was written that really got me thinking. It isn\u2019t academic. It isn\u2019t filled with source material. It isn\u2019t backed up left, right and centre with specific dates, places and names. In many ways it the antithesis of what I\u2019d want to show to a student. So why link to it? Simple, the writing style. It\u2019s written in a way that many students, I\u2019m thinking bored boys, would appreciate. It pokes fun at the stupidity of the policies whilst remaining true to the facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weird things the Nazi\u2019s Did Weird things the Nazi\u2019s did. Hitler and his Nazi henchmen are well known for the horrific actions of the Holocaust and other atrocities. They are often less well known for some of their wackier or weirder ideas, that often backfired or contradicted their own stance on certain issues. With many… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t