Essay On Hitler Youth

Many occurrences happened in the Holocaust, one being the formation of Hitler Youth, otherwise known as “Hitler-Jugend”. Hitler Youth is an organization in which male “Aryan” (blond-haired, blue eyed) German youths were expected to become a member of to serve the Nazi party. (Britannica School 1) The organization officially started in 1923 as Gruber’s Greater German Youth movement, was renamed the Hitler-Jugend in 1926, and became a big organization/influence in 1933. (H.E.A.R.T. 10-12) It officially became a requirement for all German (Aryan) youths to officially join the organization on the day of July 1, 1936. (Britannica School 1) By 1939, Hitler-Jugend became the biggest youth affiliation, with above 7.3 million members. (H.E.A.R.T. 31)The purpose of this affiliation was for …show more content…
For example, the process of admitting a male youth into Hitler-Jugend started when he is at the age of 10. When the German boy became 10 years old, he would be immediately checked out and inspected according to ethnic purity, and then initiated into the “Deutsches Jungvolk” (“German Young People”). This shows that in general, German boys were raised up from a young age to live for and respect Nazi principles, as well as the fact that they were not raised up with any other morals/principles to compare to. This last fact also proves itself when the youth reaches the age of 13. At 13, he would be qualified to join the Hitler Youth. During his time in Hitler Youth (which is until the age of 18), he would serve the Nazis, living a rigorous yet audacious life of allegiance to the Nazis with very little parental support. (Britannica School 2) These requirements prove that this was such a long time to be under such powerful influence, therefore, the male youths would be drilled into Nazi principles very readily at one point or another at the