Hitler Youth

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Have you ever heard about Hitler Youth? If you havent.
Then lets see what were the Hitler Youth, What were their purpose?
How their day-to-day life was like?
Who the Hitler Youth were? Hitler Youth were group of
children who joined the Nazi. But the age of the children who
wanted to join the Hitler Youth must be between 8-10. The leader of
Hitler Youth was Baldur Von Schirach. He controlled everything in
the Hitler Youth. He did everything to make the camp better. The Hitler Youth was created in
1920, but the Hitler Youth was not attracted by the German, because on that time the Hitler
Youth did not have propaganda yet, they did not know how to attract
people. Later, in 1930, Hitler had the total power of Germany, that
means he had an influence to the German. However, lots of German
did not join the Hitler Youth at first, so Hitler decided to shut down
the organizations, because if he did not shut down the organization,
German would have more choices to choose, they did not have to
choose Hitler Youth.
What their responsibilities were? Their responsibilities were
to have enough military services and motherhood in the future. Hitler Youth prepared the boys

for the military services and girls for motherhood in the

future. That means in the future the Nazi would have
enough military services. Hitler thought about the future
of Germany, he wanted Germany became the country that
other countries would give the Germans respect to in the
future, so he wanted to train boys and girls to make sure
that they can be a part that could make Germany to be strong. Hitler said The weak must be
chiselled away. I want young men and women who can suffer pain. A young German must be as
swift as a greyhound, as tough as leather, and as hard as Krupps steel. (John Simkin) From this
quote, Hitler thought is like, he wants to prepare the children and wait for one day, that those
children can run the Germany.
What their day-to-day life was like? Both of boys and girls always practiced the military
things. For boys, they practiced using weapons, marching, reading maps or anything that military
should do. They had to do these things in every single day. For girls, girls had to be able to throw
balls farther than 2 meters, run 60 meters in 40 seconds,and swim 100 meters. These were a
standard things that girls who lived in Hitler Youth should be able to do. We can see that both of
boys and girls were trained like a soldier. I think they were trained like these, because Hitler
wanted them to be strong in physical ways. Trude Mohr, the one who supported Hitler Youth,
said "We need a generation of girls which is healthy in body and mind, sure and decisive,
proudly and confidently going forward, one which assumes its place in everyday life with poise
and discernment, one free of sentimental and rapturous emotions, and which, for precisely this
reason, in sharply defined femininity, would be the comrade of a man, because she does not
regard him as some sort of idol but rather as a companion! Such girls will then, by necessity,

carry the values of National Socialism into the next generation as the mental bulwark of our
people." (John
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Simkin)
motivation of the

government. Hitler

forced the German to

join the Hitler Youth,

who didnt join would be

counted as Jewish.

Then German joined

because if they didnt

join, they would be sent

to the concentration camps to work for Hitler. They would not have a comfortable life as they
were. They had to work all day, stayed in the concentration camp, and they would have an
uncomfortable life. However, some of teacher who was teaching in the Hitler Youth didnt agree
about the new human being, but they couldnt do anything. Johannes Fest, head of teacher in
Hitler Youth, he didnt allow his sons to join the Hitler Youth, the result was he lost his job.
Afterward, one of teacher who had taught in Nazi school, he against the ideas of Hitler Youth,
but he couldnt do anything. He could only thinking; "I don't want you to do this. I want you to
act like a human being. I don't want machines. You're not a robot." (John Simkin)

Conclusion,

Hitler Youth was not really

good, because Hitler

forced the German to join.

Hitler didnt let the

German had freedom. If you

asked why the German

didnt decide not to join the

Hitler Youth.

Definitely because if German

didnt join, they would

be counted as Jewish, and on

that time, Hitler treated

the Jewish badly, like they were

not people. Thus,

German didnt want to have an

uncomfortable life.

Works Cited

Levine, Jason. The Nazi Party; Hitler Youth. Jewisvirtuallibrary,

jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitleryouth.html. Accessed 24 Aug. 2016.
Simkin, John. Hitler Youth. spartacus-educational, spartacuseducational.com/GERyouth.htm. Accessed 24 August 2016.
Trueman, C N, Hitler Youth Movement. historylearningsite, 9 Mar. 2015,
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