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  The History Place - Hitler Youth
Gruber introduced the first Hitler Youth style uniforms featuring a brown shirt and fl shorts and a unique arm band with a Nazi swastika minus the white circular background, with a white horizontal stripe added to easily distinguish youth members from brownshirted storm troopers, the SA, who resented being confused with the youths.
Despite the success of the Hitler Youth, Kurt Gruber's position as leader became shaky due to the unceasing behind-the-scenes manipulations of Balder von Schirach and the return of Ernst Röhm from South America to assume command of the SA.
Although Schirach enjoyed the support of Hitler and strong backing among the Nazi Party leadership, throughout his entire career as Hitler Youth Leader, he would have to overcome persistent gossip and ridicule, struggling to be taken seriously by the brutal minded Nazi youths under his command.
www.historyplace.com /worldwar2/hitleryouth/hj-road.htm   (3086 words)

  
  Hitler Youth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Members of the Hitler Youth wore paramilitary uniforms very similar to those of the Nazi Party, and the ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth were similar to the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung.
The Marine Hitler Youth was the largest such corps and served as a water rescue auxiliary to the Kriegsmarine.
Five years later, the national Hitler Youth membership was at 25,000, at the end of 1932 (a few weeks before the Nazis came to power) it was at 107,956, and at the end of 1933, the Hitler Youth held a membership of 2,300,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hitler_Youth   (2174 words)

  
 Hitler Youth
The Jungsturm Adolf Hitler collapsed in 1923 with the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch and Hitler's imprisonment.
In 1931, Baldur von Schirach was appointed Reich Youth Leader and one of his primary goals was to unify all of the different Nazi youth organizations.
Hitler was a firm believer in the need to indoctrinate Nazi ideology early and the power of young people in ensuring the continued vitality of the "Thousand Year Reich." The Hitler Youth was based on Hitler's anti-intellectualism, focusing on military training in preparation for becoming a soldier at 18.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/hitleryouth.html   (547 words)

  
 Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend, HJ) was established in 1926 to create a new youth-training system for young Germans to gain militarized training and develop their understanding and obedience to Nazi ideology.
A number of local youth groups were founded to fill the gap, such as the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung of Lenk and Kurt Gruber[?] or the Schilljugend, organized in both Austria and Germany.
As the war progressed the group took on the work of men drafted into the armed forces, manned anti-aircraft defences and also produced many soldiers, especially for the Waffen SS, notably the 12th SS Panzer division under Kurt Meyer[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/Hitler_Jugend.html   (461 words)

  
 Artur Axmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Artur Axmann (February 18, 1913 - October 24, 1996) was a Nazi official in the Hitler Youth.
In 1932, he was called into the Reichsleitung of the NSDAP to carry out a reorganization of Nazi youth cells and in 1933, became Chief of the Social Office of the Reich Youth Leadership.
During Hitler's last days, Axmann was among those present in the Führerbunker, escaping capture by Soviet troops on May 1, 1945.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_Axmann   (394 words)

  
 Boys' Youth Group Uniforms
A wide variety of youth groups in the 20th century have adopted a great diversity of uniforms.
The first group, the Boys' Brigade, was founded at the end of the 19th century and had a central Christian focus.
HBU wants to analize the informnation we are compiling to determine the historical and social trends that are relected in youth groups and the uniforms worn by the members of these groups.
histclo.com /youth/youth/yoindex.htm   (1329 words)

  
 Hitler's Rise to Power
Hitler saw his first opera at age twelve and was immediately captivated by its Germanic music, pagan myths, tales of ancient Kings and Knights and their glorious struggles against hated enemies.
Hitler endorsed the fall of the Weimar Republic, and declared at a public rally on October 30, 1923 that he was prepared to march on Berlin to rid the government of the Communists and the Jews.
Hitler called for the defense of "Blood and Soil" (Blut und Boden), the annihilation of the Jews and the strengthening of the Nordic race which was to rule over its "inferiors" as the "Master race".
www2.dsu.nodak.edu /users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html   (9146 words)

  
 Former Members Recall Life in Hitler Youth
Adolph Hitler came to power because he offered a dream of recognition and vindication that many Germans felt they deserved after the crippling peace time sanctions leveled against Germany after World War I. There was a place for everyone to belong -- for the children of Germany this place was the Hitler Youth.
Hitler felt that the children were the backbone to the success of the Nazi party.
At first, participation in the Hitler Youth was voluntary, giving parents the chance to offer their children to the service of the Fatherland, to be part of the elite.
www.epcc.edu /nwlibrary/borderlands/12_hitler.htm   (1181 words)

  
 HJ
Members of the Hitler Youth wore paramilitary uniforms very similar to the Nazi Party, and the ranks and insignia of the Hitler Youth were similar to the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung.
Many of the "Hitler Youth Generation" were born in the 1920s and '30s and, as such, became the adult generation of Germany during the years of the Cold War in the 1960s and 70s.
Hitler Youth in World War II In 1940, Arthur Axmann replaced Schirach as Reichsjugendführer and took over leadership of the Hitler Youth and began to reform the group into an auxiliary force which could perform war duties.
www.measuroo.com /Acr-H/HJ.php   (1718 words)

  
 Holocaust Timeline: The Rise of the Nazi Party
However, Hitler used the courtroom at his public trial as a propaganda platform, ranting for hours against the Weimar government.
After Hitler was released from prison, he formally resurrected the Nazi Party.
The SA was the paramilitary unit of the Party, a propaganda arm that became known for its strong arm tactics of street brawling and terror.
fcit.coedu.usf.edu /holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm   (1158 words)

  
 Axis History Factbook: Hitlerjugend: 1925   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While incarcerated at Landsberg prison, Adolf Hitler came to realize that the path to control and power in Germany lay not down the road of an armed "revolution"; that is, Hitler would not directly challenge the power of the (German) state through armed and confrontational means.
While the largest of these was Rossbach's "Schilljugend", this group also had a negative side - it was viewed by most outsiders as being a youth group for only middle and upper class youths; it was thought of being a somewhat elitist entity.
Quickly, the party's youth groups were issued with new uniforms and a new recognition symbol.
www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=3006   (947 words)

  
 Third Reich; Hitler Youth
Note: The Hitler Youth insignia is mounted on an Edelweiss, the traditional Bavarian mountain flower.
The book by David Little John, The Hitler Youth, shows these Wimpel pennants on page 173 and identifies these particular ones as the Jugenschafts pennant and says the runic flash is standard to the obverse, but the reverse is of individual design and color.
The book by David Little John, The Hitler Youth, shows these Winpel pennants on page 173 and identifies these particular ones as the Jugenschafts pennant and says the runic flash is standard to the obverse, but the reverse is of individual design and color.
www.germaniainternational.com /hitleryouth.html   (731 words)

  
 Hitler Youth
Moderator: "Any group which dared to meet outside the state youth organization, like this youthly group in the mid-1930s, ran into trouble with the Gestapo or the Hitler Youth security patrols."...
The Hitler Youth were waiting on the bridge over the Oder.
Film clip of young boy (12 years old?) from the film "Hitler Youth, Quex." The boy is lying lifeless in the street.
www.crossroad.to /Quotes/Education/HitlerYouth.html   (1314 words)

  
 Kyle Frabotta, "The Mindset of the Hitler-Jugend" (2004)
Yet the differences were drastic: Hitler and the Nazis created the Hitler-Jugend to be future soldiers and to police anybody who was not loyal to the Reich and anybody who was not of Aryan blood, while the Boy Scouts of America was founded on peace and inclusion of all races.
After the Hitler-Jugend became the sole Nazi youth group, Hitler and Gruber stressed the importance of loyalty to the Reich and the ideologies of the Aryan race.
Hitler and other Nazi officials decided to put older members of the youth group onto battlefields, especially after the United States entered the war against Germany in December 1941.
www.history.ucsb.edu /faculty/marcuse/classes/133p/133p04papers/KFrabottaHitlerYouth046.htm   (4226 words)

  
 Boys' Youth Group Uniforms: Activities
Youth groups in totalitarian countries, however, like the Balial, Hitler Youth, and Young Pioneers quite commonly were used in parases by local and national governmental bodies.
The Boys' Brigade, the first uniformed boys' group, was organized at churches and propagation of the protestant Christain faith was the primary reason for the group.
Uniformed youth groups began forming in the late 19th century, but became more extensive after the Scouts were founded in 1906.
histclo.com /youth/youth/act/yact.htm   (3013 words)

  
 Hitler's Children: The Hitler Youth and the SS
From SS officers molesting young Hitler Youths while making Molestation charges against rival youth group leaders to drafts of the young into SS ranks to be hurled into fanatical death charges, this parastic relationship is described in long boring detail.
Another main subject is the involvement of the SS with the Hitler youth for indoctrination and recruiting purposes, as well as espionage.
There is also a fair amount of coverage of the involvement of the Hitler youth in military activities (air raid fire brigades and digging anti-tank trenches towards the end).
www.8notes.com /books/detpage.asp?asin=0807842990&field-keywords=Couperin&schMod=music&type=&sb=s   (461 words)

  
 Hitler Youth Speakers
He receives, upon recommendation of the Reich Youth Office, a speaking license from the RPL that allows him to speak to the public as long as the questions being handled fall under the purview of the HJ.
The youth who do their first speaking to a group of their comrades or in a membership meeting will in the course of time learn to speak logically, giving their material persuasive impact.
Their service in the Hitler Youth, their organizing of membership and parents' meetings, will be the foundation of their later mastery of the spoken word.
www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/hjredner.htm   (924 words)

  
 Catholic-Pages.com | Discussion Forum - Pope Benedict
From what I've read, Pope Benedict XVI was part of a Hitler youth group when he was 14.
I think that the news media is very aware that the youth had no choice in Germany during WW2 on certain things.
HItler Youth membership was compulsory at that time.
www.catholic-pages.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4797   (1059 words)

  
 Hitler Youth
Rudolf Hess suggested the name of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) and later that year transferred the leadership of the movement to Franz von Pfeffer of the Sturm Abteilung (SA).
After Roehm was murdered during the Night of the Long Knives the group came under the control of Baldur von Schirach, the Reich youth leader.
Despite the fact that Hitler and the other Nazis are always ranting about "Volk ohne Raum" (a people without space) they command their men and women to have more children.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERyouth.htm   (2028 words)

  
 Articles - Paramilitary   (Site not responding. Last check: )
These groups may then act according to their own subset of tactical, economical and even political objectives, which may or may not be in opposition to those of the central government or established military command as a whole.
When a group is acting locally against a military occupation, its members may be referred to as partisans, guerrillas, or as resistance fighters by supporters.
Among the best-known of such groups is Executive Outcomes, a mercenary corporation that operated in Africa in the 1990s.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Paramilitary   (1331 words)

  
 The History Place - Hitler Youth
- The Hitler Youth was formally established with Kurt Gruber as its leader.
- The SA and the Hitler Youth were temporarily banned by the German Weimar government.
Each Gefolgschaft, roughly the size of a military company, had its own flag and was the primary unit each Hitler Youth boy identified himself with.
www.historyplace.com /worldwar2/hitleryouth/hj-timeline.htm   (980 words)

  
 Nazi Youth Ceremonies
The boys move from the Jungvolk to the Hitler Youth and the girls move from the Jungmädel to the League of German Girls.
The Hitler Youth leader and school leaders should be informed of the nature of the ceremony so that they know what will happen and can support it.
As the youth leave school and assume their obligations to fight and work for the German people, the party must be involved, which means it becomes the duty of the respective political leader, the district leader or the local group leader.
www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/jufeier.htm   (3568 words)

  
 More new parties in Pridnestrovie as youth group joins the fray
It was founded in 2005 as political youth organization and quickly rose to become the largest in the country, thanks to a series of protest marches, street happenings and methods modelled on groups like Otpor, Kmara and other participants of colored revolutions in the post-Soviet sphere.
To tag anyone in Pridnestrovie with comparisons to Hitler or the Nazi horrors which took place on its soil either reveals ignorance of history, or a complete lack of sensitivity to the feelings of the local population, or both.
More new parties in Pridnestrovie as youth group joins the fray which is independent although Moldavia considers it part of Moldova and a Moldovan breakaway region or separatist republic of Moldova.
www.tiraspoltimes.com /node/97   (1044 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Hitler Youth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend, HJ) was established by the Nazi party in 1926 to create a new youth-training system for young Germans to gain militarized training and develop their understanding and obedience to Nazi ideology.
The Hitler youth fought with great courage during the battle.
One group of Hitler youth even managed to hold off a Soviet tank division for three days.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Hitler_Youth   (611 words)

  
 THE HOLOCAUST PROJECT - Selected Biographies - A
It is suspected that his death may have been a revenge killing for his role in sending French Jews to the gas chambers.
After serving on the western front, he was appointed to succeed Baldur von Schirach as Reich Youth Leader of the Nazi Party in August 1940.
He was found not guilty of having committed any crimes during the Nazi era; the court concluded that he had been a Nazi from inner conviction rather than base motives.
www.humanitas-international.org /holocaust/bios_a.htm   (646 words)

  
 On Hitler's Mountain, Ms. Irmgard A. Hunt - HarperAcademic
Of Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, Hunt writes: "Public protest and open debate were far too dangerous to contemplate--what could one do but stand with the swastika and march with the firebrands?" (p.
Of her induction into the Hitler Youth, Hunt recalls that she "was completely seduced by a feeling of belonging, of being united with all young Germans wearing this uniform.
In groups, research and prepare a report on the role of children in specific wars--from World War I through the Iraq War--or on the impact of specific wars on children.
www.harperacademic.com /catalog/instructors_guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060532173   (3203 words)

  
 Reuters AlertNet - New Pope served in Hitler Youth but was no Nazi
Nonetheless, he was forced to join the Hitler Youth movement," the group said on Tuesday.
Founded in 1922 and based in Ratzinger's native region of Bavaria, the Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organisation of the Nazi Party.
In his autobiography, Ratzinger said he and his brother Georg were both enrolled in the Hitler Youth when membership was obligatory.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L19376016.htm   (663 words)

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