National Socialist policy and everyday school life in Budapest

The “Wiener Volksgruppenabkommen” (Vienna Ethnic Group Agreement) of 26 August 1940, enabled the unhindered spread of National Socialism in Hungary and meant that the German “Volksgruppe” (ethnic group) in Hungary, which had now been brought into line with Germany’s politics, was able to open its own schools and educational institutions. These were intended to shape the ideology of young people in accordance with the National Socialist “Third Reich”. The following article provides an insight into everyday school life in Budapest between 1940 and 1944.