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Hitlerjugend: An In-Depth History

by Arvo L. Vercamer

with additional material by Marcus Wendel

 

1 - The early beginnings

1900-1922 - From Wandervogel to Jugendbund and Jungsturm
1923 - The failed Munich putsch
1924 - Uncertain future
1925 - Hitler rebuilds the NSDAP
1926 - The official birth of the Hitlerjugend
1927 - We have a plan
1928 - Baldur von Schirach is the new HJ leader
1929 - Internal power struggles for control of the HJ
1930 - Slow membership growth and continued political infighting
1931 - Von Schirach cleans house
1932 - Control of Germany is in sight

 

2 - The Hitlerjugend in times of peace

1933 - Jahr der "Organization" - Year of organization
1934 - Jahr der "Schulung" - Year of schooling
1935 - Jahr der "Körperlichen Ertüchtigung" - Year of bodily strengthening
1936 - Jahr des "Jungvolks" - Year of the "Jungvolk"
1937 - Jahr der "Heimbeschaffung" - Year of the home
1938 - Jahr der "Verständigung" - Year of understanding
1939 - Jahr der "Gesundheit" - Year of health

 

3 - The Hitlerjugend in times of war

1940 - Jahr der "Bewährung" - The year of trial
1941 - "Unser Leben ein Weg zum Führer"- Our life as a path to the Führer
1942 - "Osteinsatz und Landdienst" - Service in the east and on the land
1943 - "Kriegseinsatz der Deutschen Jugend" - War service of the German youth
1944 - Jahr der "Kriegsfreiwilligen" - Year of war volunteers
1945 - Final defeat

 

4 - The Hitlerjugend ghosts past 1945

1949 - The HJ and the East German "Freie Deutsche Jugend" youth movements

 

5 - Organization elements of the Hitlerjugend

The Reichsjugendführung
HJ - Organizational structure
Membership Growth
BDM - Organizational structure
Administrative and political regions
Unit identification system
Education and special schools
Relations with the German Catholic and Lutheran Church
Badges and uniforms
Flags and pennants
Ceremonial knives and daggers
Kinderlandverschickung (KLV)
Unsterbliche Gefolgschaft der Hitlerjugend (HJ martyrs)

 

6 - Activities offered to the Hitlerjugend

HJ-Arzt
HJ-Bergdienst
HJ-Feldschere
HJ-Flakhelfer
HJ-Flieger
HJ-Gebirgs
HJ-Invalid
HJ-Landdienst
HJ-Luftschutz
HJ-Marine
HJ-Motor
HJ-Musikzüge
HJ-Nachrichten
HJ-Reiter
HJ-Schnellkommando
HJ-Signal
HJ-Spielschar
HJ-Streifendienst
HJ-Verbindungsoffizier
Wachgefolgschaft "Baldur von Schirach"
Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM)
BDM-Landddienst
Jungmädel (JM)

 

7 - The Hitlerjugend and the German Armed Forces

Wehrertüchtigungslagern (WEL) - Military Education Camps
12th SS Panzergrenadier/Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"
The He-162 Volksjäger and the Hitlerjugend

 

8 - Opposition to the HJ movement

Opposition to the HJ and the NS regime

 

References

List of reference materials used for the publication of this article


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