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= What was the purpose of it? =

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Originally, the purpose was to train all German boys to enter the Storm Troopers (SS). Upon 18, all boys were required to enlist in the Reich Labor Service. There were many different branches of the army that the boys could go into. Upon reaching 18 the boys were immediately required to enlist in the armed forces, or into the Reich Labor Service. The leader of the SS was Heinrich Himmler. He was a harsh leader. He had the "overall responsibility for the security of the Nazi empire" (Heinrich Himmler). He was considered the second most powerful man in Germany, next to Hitler. He concieved the plan for the "Final Solution" which was Germany's ultimate plan to finally destroy all of the Jews. There is much to be learned about Heinrich Himmler, which could be an entirley different project in itself. So, to learn more about him click [|here.] =====

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But over the time, it became more about controlling them.The Hitler Youth (along with the League of German Girls) controlled their thoughts, clothes, activities and friends. Hitler wanted to achieve a perfect a perfect population, and he thought that youth was the best place to thought. The goal became to provide the children with a National Socialist view. Hitler once said, "He alone who owns the youth gains the future." The children were to abandon their individuality in favor of collective goals. Hitler wanted a "victorious active, daring youth, immune to the pain." (Hitler Youth) =====

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Perhaps Hitler said it best. "These boys and girls enter our organizations [at] ten years of age, and often for the first time get a little fresh air; after four years of the Young Folk they go on to the Hitler Youth, where we have them for another four years . . . And even if they are still not complete National Socialists, they go to Labor Service and are smoothed out there for another six, seven months . . . And whatever class consciousness or social status might still be left . . . the Wehrmacht [German armed forces] will take care of that"-Adolf Hitler. (Hitler Youth) =====

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