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I: Hi, from what we understand you were a part of the Nazis. N: Yes. I: We would like to ask you a couple questions about Adolf Hitler and how he got you to join the Nazis. We would also like to ask you some questions about the Hitler Youth. N: Okay. I: Why did you join the Nazis in the first place? N: Why did I join? I joined because I love my country and wanted to defend it. Hitler also said that Germany's future depended on the children. I: Did Hitler ever say anything about who could join the Hitler Youth? N: Yes, he said that the children in the Hitler Youth should be ‘slim and slender, swift as greyhounds, tough as leather, and hard as Krupp steel’ I: I heard some strange things about Hitler, I was wondering if you could verify these things. N: Sure, I will try, what do you want to know? I: Is it true that Hitler never took off his jacket in public, no matter how warm it is outside ? N: I think that is true. I never saw Hitler without a jacket now that I think of it... I: People also say that Hitler never wore any scented cologne or scents. N: I believe that that is true, I never really smelt him but I cant imagine why he would wear scented things.. I: What was the deal with his mustache? His secretary told him to grow hisProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 5Proxy-ConnectiProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 : keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 2Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ustache into a more normal style and he didn't listen. N: Hitler thought that it would become a new fashion, but I doubt that it ever will. I: I heard that Hitler would talk so much that it would make his audience fall asleep. Is that true? N: Yeah, I almost dozed off a couple of times, but for the most part I tried to stay awake. I: Why did Hitler have the Hitler Youth be so physically able when Hitler himself never exercised except for an occasional walk ? N: I didn't know that he never exercised, I thought he did as much work as he made the Hitler Youth do, so I don't know how to answer this. I: Did you ever notice any special way Hitler walks? People say he used to pace in a room from corner to corner. N: I never saw Hitler except for at big rallys so I don't know how to answer this either.. I: Have you ever seen Hitlers handwriting ? N: Yes, I have. It is perfect, down to the last letter. I: Ok, thanks for verifying some of these questions, now I would like to ask you some questions about the Hilter Youth. N: Ok. What is your first question? .I: How old did you have to be to join the Hitler Youth? N: The group was set up for boys aged 10-18 at the beginning, then it <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">opened up to girls and started different branches. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: A lot of people are saying that the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Hitler Youth, or Hitler-Junend did more hurt then help, do you agree? N: No. I think that Hitler was a great leader and the HJ was one of the best groups ever organized. I: What exactly went on in the Hitler Youth? N: Well I don't know a lot about what the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">girls did, but I know that they had to swim, run, make beds, and other activities. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I think their main thing was <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">preparing the girls for motherhood <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, but like I said, I'm not that sure. I can tell you a lot about the boys branch of the Hitler Youth though. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">We had to learn semaphore; a soundless signal, drills with our arms and weapons, and take a two day long cross-country hike. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: I bet that was tough, how hard would you say it was? If you had the opportunity would you go back and do it again? N: Yes, I would. I would do anything to help defend my country. It was tough but it all paid off when I knew that I was defending my country. I: So from what you said, I believe that you joined out of your own will, did you like it when it was a <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> law that you had to join ? <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N: Yes, I did join on my own. I didn't like it when it was the law that you had to join because a lot of the people didn't take it seriously. But it was good that there was more people to help defend our country. I: Did you know that after <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Hitler came into power, that mostly all other groups for kids were abolished because the Hitler Youth was so strong <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">? N: I thought I heard something like that, but I was to busy in the HJ and my schooling to notice. I: A lot of teachers didn't like the Hitler Youth because it disrupted the students learning, a <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">lot of kids were to tired to concentrate on their school work and often fell asleep during class. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Were you one of these kids? N: Not usually. There were a couple of times when I feel asleep but I tried to stay focused on my schooling. I even missed some HJ meetings, which I still regret. I: In <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1939 it was mandatory that all children attend the Hitler Youth because the meeting attendances were down to about 25% of the group <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">there, how did that disrupt your school as a whole? N: A lot of the people in class would fall asleep and the teachers were more angry at people for falling asleep. I had a hard time concentration because of a lack of sleep, but I still managed to pass. I: What year did you join the Hitler Youth? N: I joined in <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">1923, 1 year after it was established. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: What year would you say had the most people? N: I didn't notice that much until <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);"> 1936 that is when we had about 4 million people in the hj.<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Wasn't it <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">in 1935 that 60% of all German Boys were enrolled in the Hitler Youth ? <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N: I wouldn't doubt it, there were a lot of members. I: Wow that was a must have been a lot of people. N: Yes it was, but it was a good amount to defend our country. I: Wasn't It the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Hitler Youth that killed a lot of the Jewish people during the Hitler youth ? <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N: Yes, it was. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Holocaust ? I: Did you think that you were being unfair to the Jews at the time of the Holocaust. N: No, I truely don't, like I said the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I Do you think that when Hitler was alive that he had more goals set out for the Nazis? N Yes, yes I do think that Hitler had more goals set out for the Nazis, <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">one would've been destroying the Jews. I: Why do you think Hitler got the idea of starting the Nazis. N: I think <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">Hitler was uncomfortable learning about the Jews. I: Do you think that the other Nazis were uncomfertable learning about the Jews. I: Why was the Jews one of your main targets? N: The <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Nazis decided to set up concentration camps <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for the Jews, because <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);"> the Jew's religion and thoughts about life were exactly the opposite of what we thought of life which is a big part of why we decided to Kill Jews. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: I see what kind of religions does the Germans believe in and what kind of religions do the Jews believe in? N: The Germans believe in <span style="color: rgb(254, 22, 22);"><span style="color: rgb(248, 23, 18);">Christianity and the Jews believed in Judaism. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Oh, I can see how that would be different. N: Yes very different. I: How were the Nazis trained in Camps? N:<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> One of the biggest things we were <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 6);">taught in training is our religion. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: I see. Did you ever get to meet Hitler yourself? <span style="color: rgb(106, 242, 7);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N: Yes I did get to see Hitler once at a big Nazi meeting,  <span style="color: rgb(221, 14, 17);">but most Nazis never got to meet Hitler. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Why did most Nazis never get to see Hitler? N: I am not exactly sure but my guess would be that <span style="color: rgb(250, 30, 30);">Hitler was a very busy man since he was the Leader of the Nazis. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Was Hitler part Jewish or any of his relatives Jewish. N: I believe <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">Hitlers grandma was Jewish. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Really that is very interesting. How did Hitler Die? N: <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);">Adolf Hitler shot himself in the head with a pistol on April, 30, 1945. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Was there any specific reason why Hitler shot himself. N: Yes, <span style="color: rgb(250, 30, 30);">his bunker in Berlin was captured shortly before his death. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Okay. What happened to Hitlers family? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">Hitler's Wife Eva Braun Killed herself and his children changed there names and still live in Germany. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: I heard Hitler's mom died suddenly what happened there? N: <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);">Hitler's mom died of Breast cancer. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: How old were most kids when the joined the Nazis? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">The average age was around <span style="color: rgb(248, 23, 18);">14. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: What year would you say had the most people? N: I didn't notice that much until <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);"> 1936 that is when we had about 4 million people with the hj. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Were girls allowed to join the Nazis? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">No, but there was a group called "Ring of German Girls" or <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">BDM, which stands for Bund Deutscher Mädel <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How old were girls when they joined the "Ring of German Girls?" N: The <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">girls could join when they were about 10. I: Wow, the boys and girls joined at a young age, did that have any effect on the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Hilter Youth that the ages of people in it ranged from 10-21? N: No, because there were <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">different branches for different age groups. So the older members didn't have to slow down their training for the younger members. I: What if a 15 year old decided to join the Hilter Youth, or was forced to, would they have to join the group of other 15 year-old boys who already had 5 years of experience if they started when they were ten? N: Yes, that is what happened. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Why was the Jews one of your main targets. N: The Nazis decided to set up consentration camps for the Jews, because <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);"> the Jew's religion and thought about life were exactly the opposite of what we thought of life which is a big part of why we decided to Kill Jews. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: I see what kind of religions does the Germans believe in and what kind of religions do the Jews believe in? N: The Germans believe in <span style="color: rgb(254, 22, 22);"><span style="color: rgb(248, 23, 18);">Christianity and the Jews believed in Judaism. <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: Didn't that cause tension between the older members and newer members? N: Yes, but there were different rankings in the branches so the older members could be ranked higher then the newer members so they were still superiers to the newer members. Which is how it should be, because they have already been training for 5 years. I: Oh, I see. I also heard that Hilter wasn't the leader of the Hitler youth group. Is that true? N: That is sort of true. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Hitler was the over all leader but the individual branches and groups were under control of other people. I: A lot of people are saying that the Hitler Youth, or Hitler-Junend did more hurt then help, do you agree? N: No. <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">I think that Hitler was a great leader and so do most Nazis. I: How were the Nazis trained in Camps? N:<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> One of the biggest things we were <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 6);">taught in training is our religion. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Was it true that every member of the Hitler Youth had a knive that they carried around with them? N: Yes, that is true. Mine was one of the later models so it had <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">"Blood and Honor" engraved on it, in German of course. I: Why did most Nazis never get to see Hitler? N: I am not exactly sure but my guess would be that <span style="color: rgb(250, 30, 30);">Hitler was a very busy man since he was the Leader of the Nazis. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Was there any specific reason why Hitler shot himself. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> N: Yes, <span style="color: rgb(250, 30, 30);">his bunker in Berlin was captured shortly before his death. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: How old were most kids when the joined the Nazis? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">The average age was around <span style="color: rgb(248, 23, 18);">14. <span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Did you ever get to meet Hitler yourself? <span style="color: rgb(106, 242, 7);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">N: Yes I did get to see Hitler once at a big Nazi meeting,  <span style="color: rgb(221, 14, 17);">but most Nazis never get to meet Hitler. I: Do you think most Nazis were not happy about joining the Nazis. N: <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">No, because they were forced to join. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Ok, Thank You so much for letting me interview you! N: No problem! If you have any more qestions you can ask them anytime.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rough Draft: How did Adolf Hitler get Germans to join the Nazis. (I=interviewer N=Nazi) <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: Hi, from what we understand you were a part of the Nazis. N: Yes. I: We would like to ask you a couple questions about Adolf Hitler and how he got you to join the Nazis. N: Okay. I: Why did you join the Nazis in the first place? N: Why did I join? I joined because I love my country and wanted to defend it.

I: What exactly went on in the Hitler Youth? N: Well I don't know a lot about what the <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">girls did, but I know that they had to swim, run, make beds, and other activities. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I think their main thing was <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">preparing the girls for motherhood <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, but like I said, I'm not that sure. I can tell you a lot about the boys branch of the Hitler Youth though. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">We had to learn semaphore; a soundless signal, drills with our arms and weapons, and take a two day long cross-country hike. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: I bet that was tough, how hard would you say it was? If you had the oppurtonity would you go back and do it again? N: Yes, I would. I would do anything to help defend my country. It was tough but it all paid off when I knew that I was defeding my country. I: So from what you said, I believe that you joined out of your own will, did you like it when it was a <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> law that you had to join <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">? N: Yes, I did join on my own. I didn't like it when it was the law that you had to join because a lot of the people didn't take it seriously. But it was good that there was more people to help defend our country. I: What year did you join the Hitler Youth? N: I joined in 1921, 1 year after it was established. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Wow that was a must have been a lot of people. N: Yes it was, but it was a good amount to defend our country.

I: Oh, I can see how that would be different. N: Yes very different.

<span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: Was Hitler part Jewish or any of his relitives Jewish. N: I believe <span style="color: rgb(239, 26, 33);">Hitlers grandma was Jewish. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I: Really that is very interesting. How did Hitler Die? N: <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);">Adolf Hitler shot himself in the head with a pistol on April, 30, 1945. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: Okay. What happened to Hitlers family? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">Hitler's Wife Eva Braun Killed themselves and his children changed there names and still live in Germany. I: I heard Hitler's mom died suddenly what happened there? N: <span style="color: rgb(242, 7, 7);">Hitler's mom died of Breast cancer. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I: Were girls allowed to join the Nazis? N: <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">No, but there was a group called "Ring of German Girls" I: How old were girls when they joined the "Ring of German Girls?" N:

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[] In 1936 membership of the HJ was made compulsory for all boys aged 15 and 18. At the same time all other youth organizations were banned. In 1938 there were 8,000 full-time leaders of the HJ. There were also 720,000 part-time HJ leaders, often schoolteachers, who had been trained in National Socialist principles. For boys aged between 10 and 14 years [|Baldur von Schirach] set up the Jungvolk. The boys had to learn semaphore, arms drill, and take part in two-day cross-country hikes. They also had to learn [|Nazi] dogma and once they passed the necessary tests they were given a special dagger marked "Blood and Honour". The main objective of the organization was to provide [|Adolf Hitler] with loyal supporters At 14 they entered the Bund Deutscher Mädel. ([|German Girls' League]). This included a year of farm or domestic service. They were trained by female guardians and their overall leader was [|Gertrud Scholtz-Klink]. [|http://www.google.com/archivesearch?q=hitler youth&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1&scoring=t] This is a great website for information. It has things down to the day about the 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 [] NAZIs organized German youth organizations into two branches of the Hitler Youth (Hitler Jugen), one branch for boys and one for girls. Membership increased from about 1,000 boys in 1923 to nearly 8 million in 1939 when Hitler launched World War II<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.

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[] list of different groups of hitler youth on this website. ↑

[] Movements for youngsters were part of German culture and the Hitler Youth had been created in the 1920's. By 1933 its membership stood at 100,000. After Hitler came to power, all other youth movements were abolished and as a result the Hitler Youth grew quickly. In 1936, the figure stood at 4 million members. In 1936, it became all but compulsory to join the Hitler Youth. Youths could avoid doing any active service if they paid their subscription but this became all but impossible after 1939. The Hitler Youth catered for 10 to 18 year olds. There were separate organisations for boys and girls. The task of the boys section was to prepare the boys for military service. For girls, the organisation prepared them for [|motherhood]. The Hitler Youth by Bradley Rehrauer

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The HJ was organized into corps under adult leaders, and the general membership comprised boys aged fourteen to eighteen. From 1936, membership of the HJ was compulsory for all young German men. The HJ was also seen as an important stepping stone to future membership of the elite //[|Schutzstaffel]// (the SS). Members of the HJ were particularly proud to be bestowed with the single //[|Sig Rune]// (victory symbol) by the SS. The SS utilized two //Sig Runes// as their mark, and this gesture served to symbolically link the two groups.

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eyes...That is how I will eradicate thousands of years of human domestication...That is how I will create the New Order." -- Adolf Hitler, 1933. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"My program for educating youth is hard. Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of the Teutonic Order a youth will grow up before which the world will tremble. I want a brutal, domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it. The free, splendid beast of prey must once again flash from its

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//<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Prelude to War // <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On the night of January 30, 1933, Nazis in Berlin celebrated the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany by conducting massive torchlight parades. Hitler Youth units were among those in the columns passing under the watchful gaze of Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg, the elderly president of Germany. Within two months, Hitler acquired dictatorial powers resulting from the Enabling Act passed by the Nazi controlled Reichstag. Hitler's acquisition of power meant the Hitler Youth and all other Nazi organizations now had the official power of the State on their side. The period of Nazi //Gleichschaltung// (forced coordination) immediately began in which all German institutions and organizations were either Nazified or disbanded. Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach now sought to eliminate all 400 of the other competing youth organizations, large and small, throughout Germany. On April 3, 1933, Schirach sent fifty Hitler Youths storming into the Berlin offices of the Reichs Committee of German Youth Associations, an organization representing nearly six million German children involved a huge array of youth programs. Staff members inside the building were told to continue working and were simply informed they were now under the authority of the Hitler Youth. Thus the majority of Germany's youth organizations had instantly been placed under Schirach's control. Many leaders among the conservative and nationalist youth groups willingly joined ranks with the Hitler Youth. Others, such as the Communist and Jewish youth organizations were quickly disbanded. Various Protestant groups were pressured by the Nazis to join and soon yielded. Offices of the Socialist Workers' Youth were also raided. Other groups were prevented from holding any gatherings by order of the police and Nazi storm troopers under the pretext of being a "public nuisance." Within months, most of the competing political and religious youth organizations in Germany vanished. The only major holdout was the Catholic Youth Organization due in part to the international clout of the Church and an agreement (Concordat) that had been signed between the Vatican and Hitler's government protecting Catholic institutions in Germany. In Catholic sections of Germany, high ranking Nazis could still be found at Sunday mass along with groups of Hitler Youth in uniform and Hitler Youths serving at the altar wearing their uniforms beneath altar boy robes. On June 17, 1933, Hitler promoted Schirach to //Jugendführer des Deutschen Reiches// (Youth Leader of Germany) answerable only to Hitler, with all youth activities in Germany now placed under Schirach's command. In July, Schirach dissolved the old Reichs Committee of German Youth Associations since it no longer served any purpose. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Schirach soon introduced a new structure to the Hitler Youth based on age. Little boys aged 6 to 10 were allowed to hang around the older boys and participate informally. Boys 10 to 14 belonged to the //Jungvolk//, then from 14 to 18 were in the actual HJ, the commonly used abbreviation for //Hitler Jugend// (Hitler Youth). Each boy was given a performance booklet recording his progress in athletics and Nazi indoctrination throughout all of his years in the HJ. Girls 10 to 14 joined the //Jungmädel// and from 14 to 18 belonged to the BDM, the commonly used abbreviation for //Bund Deutcher Mädel// (League of German Girls). The girls wore a schoolgirl-style uniform with skirts and blouses along with army-style hiking boots. However, the Hitler Youth organization was primarily male oriented and would remain so throughout the duration of the Third Reich, although the HJ and BDM did share common traits including a very heavy emphasis on competition. Just about every task, now matter how big or small, was turned into an individual, team, or unit competition. This included boys and girls sports, the quality of singing during propaganda marches, and Winter Aid collections. Boys and girls were kept constantly busy. The Nazis capitalized on the natural enthusiasm of young people, their craving for action and desire for peer approval, hoping, ultimately, each young person would come to regard his or her HJ or BDM unit as a home away from home, or perhaps as their real home. Activities for boys included games of hide and seek called 'Trapper and Indian,' and war games in which the boys formed platoons, put on red or blue arm bands, then were supposed to hunt down the 'enemy' and rip off the other color arm bands. This often resulted in fist fights and outright brawls between platoons. Younger, weaker boys got pummeled while platoon leaders stood by or even encouraged the fighting. Ripped shirts, along with scrapes and bruises were common during these field exercises which were intended to toughen them up.
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[] Movements for youngsters were part of German culture and the Hitler Youth had been created in the 1920's. By 1933 its membership stood at 100,000. After Hitler came to power, all other youth movements were abolished and as a result the Hitler Youth grew quickly. In 1936, the figure stood at 4 million members. In 1936, it became all but compulsory to join the Hitler Youth. Youths could avoid doing any active service if they paid their subscription but this became all but impossible after 1939. The Hitler Youth catered for 10 to 18 year olds. There were separate organisations for boys and girls. The task of the boys section was to prepare the boys for military service. For girls, the organisation prepared them for [|motherhood]. Boys at 10, joined the Deutsches Jungvolk (German Young People) until the age of 13 when they transferred to the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth) until the age of 18. In 1936, the writer J R Tunus wrote about the activities of the Hitler Jugend. He stated that part of their "military athletics" (Wehrsport) included marching, bayonet drill, grenade throwing, trench digging, map reading, gas defence, use of dugouts, how to get under barbed wire and pistol shooting. Girls, at the age of 10, joined the Jungmadelbund (League of Young Girls) and at the age of 14 transferred to the Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Girls). Girls had to be able to run 60 metres in 14 seconds, throw a ball 12 metres, complete a 2 hour march, swim 100 metres and know how to make a bed.

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In the 1930s, large segments of the German populace consented to live in a society based on the tenets of hatred, ethnic utopianism, and violence. They went to war to redress every wrong and every perceived wrong perpetrated against them over the previous 200 years, and to create their version of a better world. A central belief in the system by which they lived was that the Jews (or "The Jew") represented everything diametrically opposed to them and, for this reason, had to be removed. This belief was closely connected to a racial worldview, shared by many, which defined the Germans as members of a master race – the Nordic Aryans – and the Jews as an “anti”-race befouled by destructive physical characteristics. The utopia toward which these Germans strove would be unattainable if the Jews remained. When the geographical removal of the Jews proved infeasible, they resorted to the most radical of solu &%