How was the Hitler youth formed?

Answer 1

Nazi education schemes part fitted in with this but Hitler wanted to occupy the minds of the young in Nazi Germany even more.

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 and be able to stay in the kichen.

Answer 2

Hitler decided he wanted the Nazi league to go on for generations after generations and so on. He formed a youth by having all the younger Germans (by force) go to this training camps. They were in a sort of way bribed to do this by when they were younger, Adolph Hitler would have them play their games and have kid fun when they were still at youth and as they reached to a certain maturity, He would have them learn about hating Jews and discriminating them. The Nazi youth programs were extremely fierce.

Answer 3

In the early days it was like attendance at Boy Scout Camp with a heavy dose of pomp and patriotism. As the war became more desperate they were given increased military training.