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Hitler Youth
Organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youths aged 13 – 18 in Nazi principles. Under the leadership of Baldur von Schirach (1907 – 1974), by 1935 it included almost 60% of all German boys, and by 1936 it became a state agency that all young "Aryan" Germans were expected to join. The youths lived a Spartan life of dedication, fellowship, and Nazi conformity, with little parental guidance. A parallel organization, the League of German Girls, trained girls for domestic duties and motherhood.

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