The Third Reich: The Hitler Youth Movement

The Hitler Youth, also known as the Hitlerjugend, was designed specifically for young Germans who wanted to fulfill their duties to the Fatherland and its leader, Adolf Hitler. Founded in 1926, this helped Hitler gain support from children throughout the entire country. Children as young as 6, with good records could join and become apprentices. By 1933, there were 100,000 members of the Hitler Youth and by 1940, 90% of all German children were members of the organization. Children were encouraged directly, mostly through school teachers. Parent permission was not necessary, making it easier for children to join. There were different sections of the Hitler Youth, based on age. It also had several divisions much like a real army. The boys were treated much like real soldiers at Hitler Youth training camps. They practiced military marching daily, strengthened their bodies, and had their hair shaved in military

From the time Adolf Hitler came into office in 1933, up to the time when Germany surrendered to the Allied forces and Hitler committed suicide in 1945; the future for Germany became strongly invested in the hands of the younger generations. The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization formed in 1926. It gave kids excitement, adventure and new heroes to idolize. Hitler admired young kids drive, energy and strong love for Germany. He recognized these qualities and made it part of his plan to control the future world but the real question is why did Adolf Hitler pick children for his future? The education and the lack of schooling in independent thinking that instilled the ideology that brainwashed the Hitler- Jugend and eventually led

Much of Hitler’s focus was to sculpt the minds of the youth, so they could eventually carry on the Nazi ideology into the future. As Hitler’s NSDAP grew, he strived to create a faction that was large and contained loyal followers of all ages. The Youth League of the NSDAP was established in 1920, but failed as it competed with other large youth groups. It was eventually outlawed after the failed Beer Hall Putsch, but after Hitler was released from prison a new Nazi Youth Party was established. The leader of this new Youth Party was Gustav Lenk, and this new party also had a slow start when it came to membership. The League’s growth was assisted by a party newspaper in 1922, which called for all young Germans aged fourteen to eighteen to join

Though Hitler was officially named Chancellor in 1933, Hitler’s influence began a movement among children and adolescents as early as 1923, when he was arrested and jailed for attempting to stage a coup d'etat. This appeared to be the end of his antics, however, his movement grew exponentially throughout his imprisonment, and intensified with his release and reentry into politics in 1925. This is where the youth movement of the Nazi party, known as Hitler Youth, known as Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend, and in 1926, a Hitler sympathizer named Kurt Gruber first chaired this group at the age of 22. This is revealed in the Yale University Law School translation of "THE HITLER YOUTH" by Baldur von Schirach, who succeeded Gruber and chaired the group during the 1930s, where he proclaims, “The idea for the foundation of a National Socialist youth organization came from the Fuehrer himself … The name of the man who deserves the credit for having set up the first groups is Kurt Gruber,” (Schirach 2). Thus, it is noteworthy to observe how Hitler was appealing to teenagers and young adults who would have been disillusioned with the economic state of Germany, which dramatically deteriorated between 1918 and the advancement of Hitler into the ranks of the Weimar Republic and eventually his dictatorship. According to Walter Galenson, the author of the volume of the National Bureau of Economic Research, states, “The remaining countries suffered unemployment levels which

Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the same year that Baldur von Schirach became the Youth Leader of the German Reich. There were divisions of girls and boys in the youth including The Hitler Youth, The Young People, and The League of German Girls which included “Faith and Beauty” (Epstein 74). The Nazi party successfully mobilized the German young to become one of them and did so by providing a false sense of hope, creating a feeling of belonging, and encouraging rebellion.

One of the main reasons Germany’s Nazi army was so powerful and large was because of the enormous amount of youth fans. The role of the youth in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 was significant because they were taught at a young age to be brain-washed and believe in Hitler and his ways without them the Nazis could not have been as big as they were and would not have had many fans because little boys and girls would have many youth groups to learn, support, and maybe even become a Nazi soldier. The Nazis did many things with to teach the kids the right things.

The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of hitler's belief that the future of Nazi germany was its children. In 1920, Adolf hitler authorized the formation of a youth league of the national socialist worker. This new nazi youth league attracted very few members at first, competing against numerous other well established youth groups, and following the munich beer hall putsch and hitler’s arrest. The youth league of the NSDAP had been outlawed. The wandervogel were the german equivalent of the boy scouts of america and the world organization of the scout movement. From the 1920s onwards, the nazi party targeted german youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages. These messages emphasized that the party was a movement of youth dynamic resilient, forward looking and hopeful. Millions of german young people were won over to nazism in the classroom and through extracurricular activities. In january 1933, the hitler youth had only 50,000 members, but by the end of the year this figure had increased to more than 2 million. By 1936 membership in the hitler youth increased to 5.4 million before it became mandatory in 1939. The german authorities then prohibited or dissolved competing youth organizations. Hitler youth german hitler jugend organization up by adolf hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in nazi principles.The hitler youth

The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of hitler's belief that the future of Nazi germany was its children. In 1920, Adolf hitler authorized the formation of a youth league of the national socialist worker. This new nazi youth league attracted very few members at first, competing against numerous other well established youth groups, and following the munich beer hall putsch and hitler’s arrest. The youth league of the NSDAP had been outlawed. The wandervogel were the german equivalent of the boy scouts of america and the world organization of the scout movement. From the 1920s onwards, the nazi party targeted german youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages. These messages emphasized that the party was a movement of youth dynamic resilient, forward looking and hopeful. Millions of german young people were won over to nazism in the classroom and through extracurricular activities. In january 1933, the hitler youth had only 50,000 members, but by the end of the year this figure had increased to more than 2 million. By 1936 membership in the hitler youth increased to 5.4 million before it became mandatory in 1939. The german authorities then prohibited or dissolved competing youth organizations. Hitler youth german hitler jugend organization up by adolf hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in nazi principles.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

Would it be fantastic to salute to a portrait of Hitler just as to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school? With this in mind, children in Nazi Germany saluted to Hitler and in particular, children in America are saluting to the American flag. This is just one of the many things how Hitler and the Nazis played with the role of the youth in Germany from 1933-1945. The very significant role of the youth of Germany affected society a lot by teaching children to be one thing in their lifetime, stereotyping girls and hindering their abilities to become successful and, training boys to become Germany’s new soldiers.

From his first days of power Hitler knew he had to bring the children of Germany under his control. The future of the Third Reich rested on their shoulders. Hitler wanted to produce a generation of dedicated and ruthless soldiers. Hitler and his Nazi party achieved the significant amount of change they desired by monitoring the social, political, cultural as well as the legal structures of the new Germany. To, overtime, virtually control every aspect of the German youth’s lives. Hitler was able to appeal to all levels of society, especially children, by taking advantage of the natural enthusiasm they inhibited. Hitler was also able to appeal to the children by giving them a sense of self-worth and community.

The children in WWII worshiped and praised Adolf Hitler and strived to follow in his footsteps. Hitler Youth was a youth organization that was used to promote Hitler Adolf’s rise in power. Children loved Hitler Youth, but little did they know what and who they were supporting. The children did many activities that made it look like all fun and games, but in disguise they were being taught horrible things. Hitler Youth had a negative impact on children’s lives in Germany because it turned them against family and friends, brainwashed children’s minds, and taught them to hate Jews.

In the 1930s, German teenagers everywhere were joining the Hitler Youth, a movement designed to separate the weak children from the strong adults, as it were. Hitler believed that the future of Germany laid in the children

In the Hitler Youth movement, created in 1922, each child born had to join an extremely tough military training in preparation for any kind of war. Many children did not know why they were training in that way. Yet for them just the feeling in being proud and brave was enough to continue in their tasks. They enjoyed being the center of attention and the object of the adult desires. We can say that the Nazis system in

Another one of Hitler and the Nazi party's youth policies for the development of a future "super" army was the creation of Nazi youth groups and the abolishment of all other German youth groups. For boys their were 3 different youth groups for different age groups, The Little Fellows (6-10 years), The German Young People (10-14 years) and The Hitler Youth (14-18 years). These youth groups were created in 1922 and they grew as the Nazi party became more powerful, once the party came to power in 1933 there were 1 698 809 members involved. The aims of the Hitler youth were to control youth of Germany to accept and support the philosophy and ideas of the Nazi party and also to develop a future super German race. The Young People group was the starting point of the physical and psychological development of the German youth. These young boys participated in group activities such as hiking, endurance testing, compass reading and they were also taught the meaning and purpose of Nazism. The Hitler Youths main aims were to develop and build the young Germans into physical fit and strong young men. These boys participated in camping trips, military exercises, endurance tests, self discipline, loyalty and obedience towards their superiors. For these young men, the Hitler Youth was an exciting and interesting period but at some stages it would have been tiring and physically straining. Some of the stronger boys went to

Back in the 1930s Germany really depended on their youth. They were putting so much effort to it so that they could change the future and achieve their goals. They really cared so much about the nazi youth that they made propaganda on it and they controlled the school system just to “help” the youth become better people. During the times that Germany had become against jews, many german children had decided to make more than a couple of groups that rebelled against the nazi party each in their own way. Take the swing kids for example they instead of listening to the nazi music that everyone had to listen you they listened to american jazz music, they didn't use any kind of violence, but yes that was some way of rebelling. Instead of listening to the Nazi music they listened to american jazz music. There were multiple groups of young rebels back then but another major one was Edelweiss pirates. These children would resist the nazi party, they were more of a boys and girls scout than the other group because of their openness to both genders and because of their activities like camping and hiking. In some extreme cases these kids were sent to concentration camps because of their resistance.