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National Political Institutes of Education (German: Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten; officially abbreviated NPEA, commonly abbreviated Napola for Nationalpolitische Lehranstalt meaning National Political Teaching Institute) were secondary boarding schools in Nazi Germany.
The National Political Institutes of Education (German: Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt; NPEA, popularly: Napola) were under the patronage of the SA, SS and the Wehrmacht. There were about 35 of these. By 1941, about 6,000 students are said to have attended these institutions.
Nov 18, 2021 · But this was no ordinary school exchange – Hargreaves’ destination was Oranienstein, one of a system of new elite boarding schools known as National Political Education Institutes...
- Helen Roche
Aug 12, 2015 · The Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten (National-Political Education-Institutes), known as Napolas for short, were the most prominent type of elite school in Nazi Germany.
Mar 9, 2015 · Boys who attended National Political Training Institutes had an education that created a “soldierly spirit, with attributes of courage, sense of duty, and simplicity.” By the end of 1938, there were twenty three institutes; eighteen were in Germany, four were in Austria and one in the Sudetenland.
Drawing on material from eighty archives in six different countries worldwide, as well as eyewitness testimonies from over 100 former pupils, Helen Roche presents the first comprehensive history of...
Jan 3, 2023 · Educational practice at the Third Reich's most prominent elite boarding schools, on the other hand, looked very different. The NPEA took pupils from the age of ten, with the aim of turning them into leaders in all walks of life – whether military, political, or intellectual.
