Shaping the new man : youth training regimes in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany / Alessio Ponzio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ponzio, Alessio, author.

Series:

George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history.

George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism and youth--Italy--History--20th century.

Fascism and youth.

Fascism and youth--Germany--History--20th century.

Youth movements--Italy--History--20th century.

Youth movements.

Youth movements--Germany--History--20th century.

Fascism and education--Italy--History--20th century.

Fascism and education.

Fascism and education--Germany--History--20th century.

Opera nazionale Balilla.

Gioventù italiana del littorio.

Hitler-Jugend.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite their undeniable importance, the leaders of the Fascist and Nazi youth organizations have received little attention from historians. In Shaping the New Man, Alessio Ponzio uncovers the largely untold story of the training and education of these crucial protagonists of the Fascist and Nazi regime, and he examines more broadly the structures, ideologies, rhetoric, and aspirations of youth organizations in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Ponzio shows how the Italian Fascists' pedagogical practices influenced the origin and evolution of the Hitler Youth. He dissects similarities and differences in the training processes of the youth leaders of the Opera Nazionale Balilla, Gioventù Italiana del Littorio, and HItlerjugend. And, he explores the transnational institutional interactions and mutual cooperation that flourished between Mussolini's and Hitler's youth organizations in the 1930's and 1940's. -- from back cover.

Contents:

A generational apocalypse

Organizing the youth in Fascist Italy

A new class of educators

And they will never be free again, for the rest of their lives

The training of the Hitler youth leadership

The relationship between the Opera Nazionale Balilla and the Hitlerjugend

The Hitlerjugend academy of Braunschweig

A new organization

The relationship between the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio and the Hitlerjugend

Nazi and Fascist youth leaders and the effects of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299305833

029930583X

OCLC:

920231464