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[[image:Hitler_Youth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nazi-era propaganda poster.]]

[[image:Hitler_Youth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nazi-era propaganda poster.]]

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''' (''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 other Socialist 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.<ref>[http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''Road to Serfdom'',] Friedrich A. Hayek, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 35 - 36.</ref> However, from its conception the Hitler Youth was entirely a fascist organization.

The Hitler Youth was modeled on similar organizations created by other Socialist parties in Germany from the 1920s onwards. The German [[Communist]] party had founded a similar movement in the 1920s, attempting to foster opposing, albeit it still [[leftist]], political views.<ref>[http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''Road to Serfdom'',] Friedrich A. Hayek, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 35 - 36.</ref> However, from its conception the Hitler Youth was entirely a [[fascist]] organization.

The leader of the Hitler Youth throughout the Nazi dictatorship was [[Baldur von Schirach]], who was a principal defendant of the [[Nuremberg Trials]].

The leader of the Hitler Youth throughout the Nazi dictatorship was Baldur von Schirach, who was a principal defendant of the [[Nuremberg Trials]].

== Beliefs installed ==

== Beliefs Instilled ==

Members of the Hitler Youth were taught the official Nazi racist and anti-Semitic doctrines. The future most encouraged was service in the [[Wehrmacht]], the German army. Thus most Hitler Youth activities were based on fitness and strength, instead of intelligence. Younger boys in the Hitler Youth were occasionally physically abused by older boys; this was unofficially tolerated by the adult leaders.

Members of the Hitler Youth were taught the official Nazi far left, racist and anti-Semitic doctrines. The future most encouraged was service in the [[Wehrmacht]], the German army. Thus most Hitler Youth activities were based on fitness and strength, instead of intelligence. Younger boys in the Hitler Youth were occasionally physically abused by older boys; this was unofficially tolerated by the adult leaders. {{who says}}

 

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[[Category:World War II]]

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