A look at its development and orgaization. ... Above -- Hitler Youth perform in the Hour of Commemoration in front of the town hall in Tomaszow, Poland in 1941. Their flags bear the ancient Germanic Sig-Rune 'S' symbolic of victory.
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Prelude to War 1933 - 1939. ... Many leaders among the conservative and nationalist youth groups willingly joined ranks with the Hitler Youth. Others, such as the Communist and Jewish youth organizations were quickly disbanded. Various Protestant groups were pressured by the Nazis to join and soon yielded.
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The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, ...
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The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of Hitler's belief that the future of Nazi Germany was its children. The Hitler Youth was seen as being as important to a child as school was. ... The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of Hitler's belief that the future of Nazi Germany was its children. The Hitler Youth was seen...
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The Hitler Youth, known in German as Hitler-Jugend (HJ), was founded in 1926, though its roots stretch back a few years. ... German youth could join the Hitler Youth beginning at the age of 10. The organization was divided into two categories, one for members ages 10-14 and the other for members 14-18.
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The Hitler Youth played a major role in ensuring a steady flow of ideologically correct recruits to positions within the Third Reich ... In 1938 the National Book Prize was awarded to a collection of poems written anonymously by members of the Austrian sections of the Hitler Youth and published as The Song of the Faithful.
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Training material for Hitler Youth leaders. ... Background: This material comes from a booklet of material for Hitler Youth leaders. I translate the sections dealing specifically with race, though to the Nazi mind race and soil (Blut und Boden) were inextricably related.
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Nazi thinking from 1939 on rites of passage for the youth. ... The transition from 14 to 15 is an important event for the youth. Many finish school and leave their parents' home to take up an occupation. The boys move from the Jungvolk to the Hitler Youth and the girls move from the Jungmädel to the League of German Girls.
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(Hitler Youth) and Bund ... The Hitler Youth (HJ) and League of German Girls (BDM) were established as youth organizations, administered via party districts in 1933 and all other youth organizations. such as scouts and girl scouts, were incorporated into them or disbanded.
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