Fundamental study of Waldorf school movements under Nazism regime

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590184
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: ENDO Takao 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70211779)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ヴァルドルフ学校 / ナチズム / ルドルフ・ヘス / ルドルフ・シュタイナー / ヴァルドルフ学校運動 / 副総統官房 / エリザベート・クライン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to clarify the actual situation of Waldorf School Movement under the Nazism regime. Following repeated attacks from the Nazi authorities, Waldorf Schools certainly announced its intention to follow the Nazi authorities policy. However, as a result of analysis of the many inspection-reports by Nazi authorities and the primary materials related to the Waldorf Schools at the time, it was revealed that ,contrary to the posture of obedience to Nazism, this schools, including the Dresden-school closed in 1941, practiced to the end the education based on Waldorf educational principles.

Free Research Field

教育史