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Dr Helen Roche

Photo issued by Durham University of Pupils and staff at the Napola in Ballenstedt prepare for a football match with a public school team from the UK, spring 1937. Top Nazi schools held exchanges with 'model' English counterparts, forging close links with British boarding schools in the 1930s and using the likes of Eton, Harrow and Winchester as models, a new book reveales. Dr Helen Roche, of Durham University, has written 'The Third Reich's Elite Schools - A History Of The Napolas' based on research from 80 archives in six countries and witness testimonies from more than 100 former pupils. Issue date: Tuesday November 16, 2021.
November 17, 2021, 12:13 pm
Top Nazi schools held exchanges with British boarding schools, book reveals
Book explores links between boarding schools in the UK and Germany in the 1930s, using research from 80 archives in six countries and witness testimonies from 100 ex pupils.
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