Why were both teachers and textbooks important in Nazi education?

Correct answer: Both carried Nazi messages to children

The direct answer is A: both teachers and textbooks carried Nazi messages to children. A school can influence students through the person who teaches and through the material that is taught. The Nazi regime used both channels: teachers were expected to support official ideology, and textbooks were changed to present Hitler, nationalism, racism and obedience favourably. The reasoning is simple: teachers explain and repeat ideas; books preserve and spread those ideas; together they made propaganda appear normal in everyday education. Option A is correct because both were instruments for ideological indoctrination. Option B is wrong because teachers and books did not close schools; they operated inside schools. Option C is wrong because neither teachers nor textbooks ran the parliament. Option D is wrong because neither one formed courts; courts are legal institutions. The question asks why both were important, so focus on communication of ideology rather than on administration. Memory cue: in a dictatorship, classroom people and classroom pages can both become propaganda tools.