Hitler Youth's Role In Nazi Germany

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As Hitler rose to power, he created many organizations within the Nazi Party. The groups were for many different people, including teachers, doctors, civil servants, women, lawyers, and students. The organization for students was called Hitler Youth, which became a very important part of Nazi Germany from its creation in 1922 to its disbandment in 1945. In the Hitler Youth, the German children were taught that they were better than everyone else. They were also taught that since they had Aryan blood, they were the master race and were the only ones that should be able to live in Nazi Germany. Even though the Hitler Youth members were brainwashed, they should still be held accountable for their actions because they caused just as much harm as …show more content…

When it first started in 1922 it had the name Jungsturm, which was changed to Hitlerjugend by 1926. Many smaller sections divided up the organization. Bund Deutscher Mädel was a league for girls, NS-Schulerbund was for Nazi students, and Duetshes Jugvolk was for German children from age ten to fourteen (Gutman, pg. 677). Hitler’s main goal for the Hitler Youth was to create a group of future party members. He also wanted enough supporters to be ready when he overthrew the Weimar Republic (Heyes, pg. 13). His focus was on making the children better by making them stereotypical Aryans. That involved many types of athletics in the Hitler Youth and educating the children with Nazi ideals (Koch). In 1932, a law was introduced to ban the organization because the violence could not be controlled anymore, but the ban only lasted a few months. As the Hitler Youth continued to become popular, other youth groups in Germany were destroyed. By 1933, only a few Catholic groups were left (Heyes, pg. 25). Almost every German boy from age ten to eighteen was a member by the start of the war (Sax). In 1936, membership was made mandatory to all children (Heyes, pg.

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