Educaţie, şcoli şi propagandă în cadrul grupului etnic german din România (1940-1944)

Daniela POPESCU

https://doi.org/10.47743/asui-2023-0015

Abstract: The Romanian mid1930s faced a startling increase of the number of those who embraced various forms and ideas of extremist discourse. It was also the case for various members of the main German-speaking groups in Romania who embraced the ideology of National Socialism promoted by the German Nazis. The Germans from Romania had their political and institutional representation, local dynamic press, schools, business and were in touch with the news and with the current events and trends from the Reich. Yet only a part of this large ethnic group embraced Reichs path. The German Ethnic Group in Romania (G.E.G.) functioned as an organizational structure which had several interconnected offices such as the Administrative Office, the Legal Office, the Office for Statistics and Population, the Office for Education or the Press and Propaganda Office. The Schulamt (The Office for Education) was in charge not only with the educational curricula but also with administrating the German schools starting with 1940. One of the aims of this paper is to offer a better understanding of the administrative structures of the German Ethnic Group in Romania, particularly the educational branches in charge with educating young members of the German community in Romania and their teachers in the Reichs principles, ideas, and spirit.

Keywords: The German Ethnic Group in Romania; education; schools; propaganda.