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| − | The '''Hitler Youth''' (''Hitler-Jugend'' in German) organization was founded by [[Adolf Hitler]], the dictator of [[Germany]] | + | The '''Hitler Youth''' (''Hitler-Jugend'' in German) organization was founded by [[Adolf Hitler]], the leader of the [[NSDAP]] in [[1926]] and future dictator of [[Germany]]. It was a recreation of an earlier Nazi youth movement known as the ''Jungenbund der NSDAP'' . It was designed to integrate teenage boys and young men so that they might become [[Nazis]]. There was also another organization called the [[League of German Girls]] which trained young women in domestic duties and motherhood. |
The Hitler Youth was modelled on similar organisations created by left-wing parties in Germany from the 1920s onwards. The German [[Communist]] party had founded a similar movement in the 1920s, albeit attempting to foster opposing political views. The ideal of a political movement which should encompass the individual's life was thus shared between the right-wing and left-wing political movements. | The Hitler Youth was modelled on similar organisations created by left-wing parties in Germany from the 1920s onwards. The German [[Communist]] party had founded a similar movement in the 1920s, albeit attempting to foster opposing political views. The ideal of a political movement which should encompass the individual's life was thus shared between the right-wing and left-wing political movements. | ||
Revision as of 17:26, July 9, 2009
The Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend in German) organization was founded by Adolf Hitler, the leader of the NSDAP in 1926 and future dictator of Germany. It was a recreation of an earlier Nazi youth movement known as the Jungenbund der NSDAP . It was designed to integrate teenage boys and young men so that they might become Nazis. There was also another organization called the League of German Girls which trained young women in domestic duties and motherhood.
The Hitler Youth was modelled on similar organisations created by left-wing parties in Germany from the 1920s onwards. The German Communist party had founded a similar movement in the 1920s, albeit attempting to foster opposing political views. The ideal of a political movement which should encompass the individual's life was thus shared between the right-wing and left-wing political movements. [1] However, from its conception the Hitler Youth was entirely a fascist organization.
The leader of the Hitler Youth was Baldur von Schirach, who was a principal defendant of the Nuremberg Trials.
References
- ↑ Road to Serfdom, Friedrich A. Hayek, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 35 - 36.