This year, more than 500,000 students competed in National History day at the local level. Just 3000 students advanced to the finals at the university of maryland in june. The 2019 theme was triumph and tragedy, and one of the presentation categories is a 10 minute performance. Next, a junior Level Performance by three middle School Students texas ons academy in the brainwashing of hitlers youth. This is the triumph and tragedy of the hitler youth. In the presence of this blood banner that represents our fuhrer, i represent to devote all of my strength to the savior of adolf hitler. I am willing to give my life to him, so help me god. What are you doing here . Commandant. Im here because ive been told you can keep up with the curriculum. My students need to learn real history and science. You will teach. I refuse. You are dismissed. Sir, where is our teacher going . He is being sent to be retrained. Now we will teach you, the leaders of tomorrow, what germany is destined to become. I learned so much today about our people and our history. At last, here is some of you who can get us out of this mess. Dont get your hopes up on the promises of the chancellor, all he wants is the chancellor. All he wants is to unite all of the germans in europe. Passed and iudit can go boating and hang gliding. It sounds exciting but i fear it is just preparing you for war. Your mother would not want that. What we do is necessary and important. Nazi party. To the now, we knowees there are jews here. Where are they hiding . In the basement, the basement. Get up, take him. You have major nation proud. What will happen to my father . We will take good care of your father and teach them what you have been taught at school. Pleased to meet you. [indiscernible] for your bravery in your home town. Did you see the nuremberg rally . He addressed the world. Talking. E, there is no you must learn to obey orders without question and to kill even if that means sacrificing yourself. Fight, we sacrifice, we triumph. Tler. Hi dismissed. Hours of later shoveling gravel. I am exhausted, i have blisters on blisters. [indiscernible] complaining about our duties. You wouldnt catch me complaining. I wish i could do more. [indiscernible] heil hitler. I have a great opportunity for you today. I am giving you the owner of being able to participate in the firing squad at our participant l concentration camp. I think my hands are too blistered to properly hold a rifle. So be it. Did you actually do it . They are destroying our nation. How many were there . This afternoon, 35, but i havent been bothering to count. So many bodies. Do you think the trenches we dug were mass graves . No. [indiscernible] we help our military. Burnthink theyre going to the bodies, the stench is so bad i can barely eat my food. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] who work just as hard as we do, and for what . They have to die. Are you equating us with jews. [indiscernible] sent to concentration camps are. Old or young too or sick to work in factories. [indiscernible] you are just think sentimental about your loss. [indiscernible] remember your oath, surely you remember that proud day. [indiscernible] we are training to fight other combatants to protected germany and make it a great nation again. You did not see combat today. You slaughtered people like animals. They are animals. You see is our right murder . It was an opportunity to prove i could serve my fuhrer even though i worked all day. I did my duty, i followed orders. Has it occurred to you yet that you and i are severing a mass murderer . There is no honor in what you did today. Lovermandant, he is a jew and a traitor, he denounced hitler. I have no one left to trust. My own country betrayed me. I lost my friends, my family, and my home. Call a country that attacks innocence and forces brother to fight brother home . , no honor inrial what ive done. There is no god, how could god let this happen to his people . I shouldve protecting my family. Those helpless jews. I thought what i was doing was right. Was i ignorant or just ignoring the troop the truth . Cursed. E world has been germany was broken economically and politically as people desperately needed leadership for prosperity. The nazi party promised the german people and the hitlers youth triumphed. They were trained to be disciplined and strong. Some young germans joined [indiscernible] others were left with no choice but to join the hitler youth. [indiscernible] jews and dissenters were the tragic victims of hitlers regime. But not the only ones. The young were used and manipulated and ultimately their innocence was stolen away. [applause] i am from waco, texas. I am from waco, texas. I am from waco, texas. What is your school like in waco . Tennyson middle school and we are in a special program called the atlas academy. For gifted and talented children and we have a special class called Research History orvoted to science or app. Headed you decide to make a performance about the hitlers hitler youth. Er at the beginning of the bookl year we red thad the night, and we were really interested in world war ii and then we found out about the hitler youth and we were shocked. Did it take to craft your performance and how did you decide to organize it . Tried to include a lot of authenticity and our performance but also make sure it would fit the 10 minute mark. We started with a Pretty Simple script that did not have a ton of detail, but as we advanced further on, we were able to add more and keep working on it. Did you expect to be here in the finals . No. It must feel strange to be wearing swastikas. What does it feel like . Its a very serious topic and project and the swastika used to be a symbol of peace but atler turned it into different thing and basically made it a simple four symbol for evil worldwide. It is not a joke at all and it is very serious. Did the stories come from research, are the actual things that happened . Stories were scenarios from actual things that happened. It wasnt all from one hitler youth member but we found stories from many different members and from a group called up white rose that stood likeminded at the like my character did at the into. Another that was loyal until basically the end. Michaels character was the actual leader of the hitler youth. Thank you very much. This sunday on American History tv, historian dan albert talks about his book are we there yet . In it he chronicles the history of u. S. Autos and argues against Driverless Cars. Here is a preview. Off the top of your head, when would you say the automobile was invented . 1900 . 1907 . 1898 . Specific years. You want to give me a month . July. [laughter] there you go. The question is not so much birth as adoption. Oftenborn many times, stillborn. The many questions i have are two, one, not why was it invented but why was it adopted . And also, what was it really . In and you you get go, if the machine for getting places. When the driverless car people think about it, obviously thats what they think about. Theyre not talking about how it for fit in your driveway your kids to learn about what is like to be around an automobile. Thats a strange question, but what is an automobile . By the same token i think you will be surprised to learn that Driverless Cars have been invented many times. The technology thought about in the 1930s, tested in the 1950s, and proven viable by government testing in the 1990s. Two things are important about that. You had them, why didnt we pursue them . Out as you look at it more deeply, we say those are Driverless Cars, but they are very different from the Driverless Cars coming next. We will look at what those Driverless Cars are like and what they are like today. You are all wrong, the automobile was invented in 1672. Learn more about the history of u. S. Automobiles sunday at 6 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Youre watching American History tv only on cspan3. Up, our look at sheridan continues as we visit the trail end historic site, home of john b kendrick. Hear theof times you american rags to riches story or the American Dream and John Kendrick embodies that. He started with nothing, very little education, and through hard work and a lot of intelligence, he worked his way up. Was his home and a modern home when it was built. Some was 14,000 square feet and has 10 bedrooms, 12
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