No, there was a separate branch for girls, the Bund Deutcsher Madel, the "League of German Maidens". It was a branch of the same organization.
Did the children in Britain have to join a youth group?
I'm sure that there was a mix in the group of children, but their officers told the kids to tell them if their parents complained about Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth group started in 1922, and although the name and the purpose of the group seemed to change a lot, the movement lasted until 1945. Here is a link to the (very interesting) wikipedia article for further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth Apparently, at some points in the movement, 10 year olds were drafted into the Hitler Youth... and toward the end of the war, the Hitler Youth were very involved in defensive battles. Toward the bottom of the article, there are some pictures of Nazi Youth who were prisoners of war... one aged thirteen.
I don't know what group of people you belong to, but I wonder how you would feel if people were asking why it is wrong to kill your group. Use your thinking cap.
Young followers are indoctinrated early. Nazi Germany had the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the German Women's Group (BDM) and the USSR had the Young Pioneers, both of which are similar to the Boys and Girls Scouts in America. Any strong government needs a "militant" or regimented youth organization. Hitler and Stalin were not unique in this, nor does it make them any more similar to each other than if they were compared to any other country. Any leader wants the youth indoctrinated with their ideals because they're fervent and more active than older followers and generally tend to stay in that direction through their life, meaning life-long servants (or voters) for the country.
Hitler youth.
The Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth) was divided into two groups : Deutsches Jungvolk) (German Young Folk) and Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM, the League of German Girls) .
Did the children in Britain have to join a youth group?
Hitler Youth
The formation of the Hitler Youth, the National Socialist youth group of Germany, was attributed to him. He was not, however, the founder of the National Socialist (Nazi) party itself.
All youth in Germany were automatically enrolled in Hitler's youth group. Benedict rarely attended meetings and dropped out.
The Hitler youth was a youth group. The name often is used to inclued both the hitler youth for boys and the league of german maidens for girls. Boys did activities like camping and military skills. Girls did steroetype womens activities like cleaning and cooking and where prepared for motherhood. Both were encouraged to keep fit with sports and indoctrinated(brainwashed) with nazi ideas. The youth group was important to hitler because the young people would be his future supporters and indoctrination at young age secured his long term power. They would also be his future soldiers. Girls were important because hitler wanted to expand the currently small german population so he would have more supporters and a bigger army. Women and girls were encouraged to have big families and lots of children. Mothers were awarded bronze silver and gold mothers crosses for having 4, 6, or 8 children!
No. The youth group fought more fiercely than the regular army.
I'm sure that there was a mix in the group of children, but their officers told the kids to tell them if their parents complained about Hitler Youth
All youth age 14 or older in Germany were required by Hitler to be enrolled Hitler Youth. Joseph Ratzinger was conscripted but refused to attend meetings.
yes, there is youth group.
Hitler and Germany were part of the Axis powers.