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Sgoil agus teaghlach anns an 'Treas Reich'/School and family in the 'Third Reich'

In Germany 1938, ten-year-old Anton wants to be in the Hitler Youth like all his classmates, but his father is against it.

Anton wants to join the Hitler Youth, but his father is set against it, so Anton decides to forge his signature. To really belong, he must pass a test of courage, but during the initiation ceremony his father suddenly turns up, leading to a huge argument. His friend Greta also appears not to share his enthusiasm for Hitler Youth. But Anton feels safe because he has comrades to back him up.

One day, while with his friends, he discovers by chance that Greta is Jewish. Can he still be friends with Greta despite this? On the night of 9 November 1938, Anton watches as violence breaks out on the streets. Greta and her parents seek protection from him and his family. Anton now sees what the Nazis are really capable of. Confidentially, he goes to his comrade Rudi for advice 鈥 and lands his father, Greta and her family in great difficulty.

The series is set in Germany, the country at the centre of the Second World War. In 1938, childhood in Germany was heavily influenced by Hitler Youth, an organisation set up under the National Socialists. Childhood and raising children were not private affairs in the Third Reich - by the age of ten at the latest, children became a 'state matter'. The influence of parents was to be limited. They were to 'gift their children to the F眉hrer'. This not only impacted on the everyday life of the children but also, depending on the attitudes of the parents, on all family life.

Tha Anton ag iarraidh a dhol dhan bhuidheann 脪igridh Hitler, ach le athair gu tur na aghaidh, tha Anton fh猫in a鈥 cur l脿mh-sgr矛obhaidh athair air iarrtas-cl脿raidh na buidhne. Airson a bhith ga-r矛ribh mar bhall, feumaidh e a dhol tro dheuchainn ghaisgeachd. Ge-t脿, aig an dearbh 脿m sin tha athair a鈥 nochdadh agus tha iad a鈥 dol a-mach air a ch猫ile gu dubh. Chan eil a charaid Greta idir cho dealasach mu 脪igridh Hitler, ach tha Anton a鈥 faireachdainn s脿bhailte am measg nan caraidean 霉ra aige. Aon latha 鈥檚 e ann an cuideachd nan caraidean sin tha e a鈥 faighinn a-mach gur e I霉dhach a tha ann an Greta. A bheil e comasach dha fh猫in is Greta a bhith nan caraidean a-nise? Air oidhche an 9mh den t-Samhain, 1938 tha Anton a鈥 faicinn f貌irneart air na sr脿idean, agus feumaidh Greta agus a p脿rantan fasgadh a shireadh c貌mhla ris fh猫in 鈥檚 a theaghlach. Tha Anton a鈥 tuigsinn c貌 ris a tha na Nadsaidhean ga-r矛ribh coltach ach, an uair a th猫id e a dh鈥檌arraidh comhairle air a charaid Rudi tha e a鈥 cur Greta agus a teaghlach ann an cunnart m貌r.

Tha an t-sreath a鈥 t貌iseachadh anns a鈥 Ghearmailt, an d霉thaich a bha aig cridhe an D脿rna Cogaidh. Ann an 1938, bha 貌igeachd san d霉thaich sin air a chomharrachadh le dachaigh, sgoil agus gu s貌nraichte 脪igridh Hitler, am buidheann 貌igridh aig Na S貌isealaich N脿iseanta. Cha robh 貌igeachd no 脿rach chloinne d矛omhair bhon Treas Reich, agus mun 脿m a bha clann deich bliadhna a dh鈥檃ois bha iad air am faicinn mar 鈥渃h霉is st脿ite鈥. Bha buaidh ph脿rantan ri bhith cuingichte agus a鈥 chlann air an toirt mar 鈥渢hiodhlac dhan a鈥 F眉hrer鈥.

25 minutes

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Executive Producer Margaret Cameron
Narrator Patsi MacKenzie

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