Hitler+Youth

http://www.historylearnigsite.co.uk/hitler_youth.htm Brooke, Emily, and Alex: Hitler Youth

== == Adolf Hitler believed that a Nazi Germany would come about by its youth. The Youth ranged from ten to eighteen year old girls and boys, however boys were put into the military service and girl were trained in parental skills, motherhood. This appearance to the outside world displayed Germany discipline, but not accurate by any means. Children were tired from attending mandatory meeting and could not stay awake in school. At meetings, only twenty-five percent of children attended. Eventually they stated a law making attendance compulsory.



"The weak must be chiselled away. I want young men and women who can suffer pain. A young German must be swift as a greyhound, as tough as leather, and asw hard as krupp's steel." - Adolf Hitler



The youth movement was led by Balder von Shirach.

The movement was created in the 1920s. In 1933, it grew rapidly into over 100,000 youth. In 1936, 4 million youth were pledged to this movement. Hitler had increased his chances of gaining more youth by abolishing all other German youth movements.

The boys were trained in military athletics. This included the following training: marching, bayonet drills, grenade throwing, trench digging, map skills, gas defense, dugouts, barb wire, and pistol shooting.



Young girls training involved the following: running 60 meters in 14 seconds, throwing 12 meters, a 2 hour march, swimming 100 meters, and making a bed.

The youth including the boys and the girls ranged from 10 to 18 year olds. The kids were seperated depending on their gendert.



The youth movement appearance to the outside world displayed German discipline. However, Hitler had not thought about the accuracy in the long term affect. Such as children skipping mandatory meetings, because they were too tired and they fell asleep in school. Eventually meeting attendence dropped to about 25% of all the kids. Soon Germany passed law requiring children to attend the meetings.