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Hitler Youth
Nazi organization
Quick Facts
- German:
- Hitlerjugend
- Date:
- 1933 - 1945
- Related People:
- Adolf Hitler
- Baldur von Schirach
- Klaus Barbie
- On the Web:
- World History Encyclopedia - Hitler Youth (Dec. 20, 2024)
Hitler Youth, organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in Nazi principles. Under the leadership of Baldur von Schirach, head of all German youth programs, the Hitler Youth included by 1935 almost 60 percent of German boys. On July 1, 1936, it became a state agency that all young “Aryan” Germans were expected to join. Upon reaching his 10th birthday, a German boy was registered and investigated (especially for “racial purity”) and, if qualified, inducted into the Deutsches Jungvolk (“German Young People”). At age 13 the youth became eligible for the Hitler Youth, ...(100 of 194 words)