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= What is Hitler Youth? =



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Hitler Youth was fouded in 1926. The German term for this is Hitler Jugend. Hitler Youth was a youth movement meant to influence the ideas of young children. Originally there were many groups similiar to the Hitler Youth, but the they were all absorbed into one large group, the Hitler Youth. The goal of this program was to train the thoughts of young german children to be loyal to the Nazi Party. One of Adolf Hitler's goals when creating this program was to make the children ideal Nazi citizens. One idea that was heavily enforced was the idea of anti-Semitism. Hitler Youth, along with the League of German Girls shaped the belief and actions of almost all german youth. The organazation used after school meetings ad weekend getaways to encourage the children to stay faithful to the Nazis. It influenced every aspect of the children's lives, including how they dressed, acted, who there friends were and even who they dated. Originally, the purpose of the program was to train boys to enter the SA (Storm Troopers). However later, in 1933 they bagan to integrate the boys into the Nazi National Community to prepare them for the SS. In January of 1933, Hitler Youth had 50,000 members. By the end of that year it had over two million. In 1936, just before becoming mandatory, it had 5.4 million members. Also, in 1936 it became mandatory for all children betweem the ages of 10 and 17 to join.=====

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The League of German girls was an organization that was part of Hitler Youth. It focused mainly on the young girls in Germany. The goal of it was to shape the girls into proper German women, and also to prepare them for motherhood. The League of German Girls and Hitler Youth were not the same thing, but they were very similiar. The league was just for girls. Hitler Youth had specialized parts in it for the boys to prepare them for the military. They participated in different types of activites but they both had the same underlying cause. The overall goal was to create a perferct German race. Hitler knew that if he began to train and educate the children when they were young, that they would most likely stay loyal to the Nazi party.=====

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The Jungvolk was a group for boys ages 10-14. In this group, the boys' physical and mental abilities were observed. Books were kept that recorded the boys growth, weight, speed ,strength, military abilities, and idealogical growth. If the boys performed well in all those areas, then they would be promoted to the Hitlerjungend where they would stay until they were 18.=====

"Hitler in December 1936, in order to complete his dream of a sound future in the youth of Germany, issued this decree:


 * 1) The whole German youth inside the region of the Reich are incorporated into the Hitler Youth. (With this degree, Hitler violated his Concordat with the Vatican not to absorb Catholic youth groups.)
 * 2) The whole German youth, outside of home and school, is physically, spiritually, and morally to be educated in the Hitler Youth in the spirit of National Socialism to the service of Volk and Volk (Folk) community.
 * 3) The task of the education of the whole German youth in the Hitler Youth is given over to the Reich Youth leader of the NSDAP. He holds the office of a Highest Reich Authority with its seat in Berlin and is directly responsible to the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor.
 * 4) The legal orders and general administrative regulations requisite to the execution and completion of this law will be issued by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor." (Hitler Youth)

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By: Meggie Roche

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