Why were textbooks changed in Nazi Germany?

To spread Nazi ideas and racism

The Nazi regime treated education as a tool for shaping children according to its political and racial ideology. Textbooks were changed so that lessons glorified Hitler and the nation, promoted obedience, militarism, anti-Semitism, and the false idea of racial superiority. Such books did not encourage independent and critical thinking; instead, they presented propaganda as if it were ordinary knowledge. School subjects and teaching were therefore connected with the wider system of Nazi control.

Option A is correct because spreading Nazi ideas and racism was a central purpose of changing textbooks. The other choices do not explain this ideological use of education. Removing foreign languages “only” is too narrow and does not describe the main policy, while holidays and higher school fees were unrelated. The example shows that propaganda can operate through regular learning materials, not only through political speeches or newspapers.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: Youth in Nazi Germany.