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Education in Idaho & Beyond: How Curriculum, Not Chaos, Prepared a Nation to Obey. Are We Repeating History? By Idaho Senator Glenneda ZUIDERVELD (12/21/25). Images from Sen. Zuiderveld’s article and NEA “edjustice” web page.
Extraordinary Idaho Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld wrote an extraordinary analysis of the German education system during Adolf Hitler’s reign as Führer. She asks readers to consider:
Do parallels exist between Nazi Germany’s education and indoctrination history and our own in Idaho and America?
Will we stand by idly and allow Germany’s history to repeat itself here?
While reading this post, we found ourselves saying:
Yup. What happened in Nazi Germany’s education system is happening in America’s right now! The similarities are both eerie and scary.
And thinking:
The only way out of this mess is to go completely around it. Take kids out of public schools. Homeschool, pod school (with carefully vetted teachers and/or parents), or private school (again, carefully vetted).
Return responsibility and control of childhood education to parents, where it belongs.
Our government/taxpayer funded teachers and their unions, along with schools, have been infiltrated and consumed by Marxist ideology. Don’t believe it? Check out:
Edjustice page from largest union in America — National Education Association (NEA): nea.org/advocating-for-….
President Becky Pringle’s Keynote Address at NEA Representative Assembly, held in Portland, Oregon 07/03/25 (video 31:27): youtube.com/watch?v=fIV…
5-Minute Videos on Marxism (PragerU playlist): prageru.com/videos/unde…
We cannot let this system of education continue in our state and our country.
We encourage you to read the entire post, which is better than any summary we could provide. Carefully consider Sen. Zuiderveld’s eloquent words, deep research, and many links provided.
Below we offer her introduction and conclusion, her table of contents, and another related article (with many links) you might find helpful.
Note: This is Part One of a three-part series, “Are We Repeating History?” that looks at Germany in the 1930s, examining education, health and welfare, and agriculture and considering lessons this history offers us today.
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Sen. Zuiderveld’s Introduction
You’ve heard the sayings, “there is nothing new under the sun,” and “if we don’t learn true history, we are doomed to repeat it.”
I have done a deep dive into the German education system during the time Adolf Hitler was Führer. I’m going to share what I’ve learned and leave it to each of you to do your own research and draw your own conclusions about whether you see America repeating patterns from history.
No dramatics. No scare tactics. Just history told clearly—so we have the sense not to repeat the same mistakes.
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Sen. Zuiderveld’s Conclusion
As we examine the calculated indoctrination of Nazi Germany’s education system, these questions echoes louder than the rest:
Are we repeating history?
Are we seeing parallels in our own schools?
Are parental rights being diminished?
Are children being shaped more by ideology than by truth?
Are educators free to teach or required to conform?
Are our youth taught how to think or what to think?
These are not abstract questions for some distant land or forgotten century. These are questions for Idaho. These are questions for America.
And we must ask them, boldly, publicly, unapologetically.
We cannot afford to dismiss the warning signs, or excuse our silence with comfort or fear. History doesn’t only repeat when bad people rise up. It repeats when good people sit down.
We should never be afraid to question those in positions of power, whether elected officials or government employees. In fact, it’s our duty. Silence is not safety. Complacency is not peace. Ignorance is not innocence.
Let this not be the generation that looked away.
Let it be the generation that looked truth in the eye and chose courage.
I urge you:
Keep asking questions.
Keep showing up.
Keep researching beyond this Substack.
Because our children and our grandchildren, can’t afford our generation’s complacency.
The time to wake up is now.
Not when it’s too late.
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Contents
1. The Core Goal: Total Loyalty to the State
2. Centralized Control: Teachers Were Purged First
3. Curriculum: Ideology Over Intelligence
4. Physical Conditioning and Youth Organizations: Training Bodies and Loyalty
5. Emotional Engineering: Replacing Thinking with Belonging
6. Church and Faith: Marginalized, Then Pressured—Through Education
7. The Result—and the Warning
Closing Reflection: History Demands That We Pay Attention
More Videos and Research
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Related:
Umbrellas, Community Schools, United Way & School Board Meetings (includes links to many related articles): tinyurl.com/47amnyet
