The Hitler Youth Movement Resource Page
Shortly after Hitler's rise to power in 1933, all German youth groups were merged into a single, regimented organization called Hitlerjugend, the Hitler Youth. Following the dictator's view that the youth of Germany would preserve the thousand year Reich, all children were heavily immersed in Nazi dogma from the age of 10. To learn more about this organization, click on some of the links provided below.
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| "Blood and Honor" for the Thousand Year Reich. |
Artur Axmann - Provides concise information on Artur Axmann, leader of the Hitler Youth.
Battle of Caen - Discover why this battle is considered the "Stalingrad of the Hitler Youth."
History of the Hitler Youth and the 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' - this detailed site provides a wide range of information relative to the rise of the Hitler Youth Movement and their military exploits.
Hitler Youth Photo Album - Selected pictures of the German children who were to preserve the "thousand year Reich."
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| Individuals who were members of
the Hitler Youth were forced to observe the atrocities at Dachau Concentration Camp.
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Hitler Youth Photo Archive - Dozens of images of individuals who were introduced to the system of Nazism from a very early age. Many of them did not live to see the end of the war.
Hitler Youth Golden Badge of Honor (Goldenes Hitler Jugend Ehrenabzeichen) - an award given to the members of the Nazi Youth Organizations prior to 2 October 1932.
Hitler Youth Personal Accounts - Read the stories of those who actually engaged in Hitler Youth activities.
Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge - See the Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge.
Hitler Youth Theme Song - Read the Lyrics of the Hitler Youth's rally song, "Vorwaerts ! Vorwaerts! (Forwards! Forwards!).
Hitler Youth Uniforms - A detailed site with numerous illustrations of the different types of Nazi Youth uniforms.
The History Place: Hitler Youth - Discusses the evolution of the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany and their effectiveness in battle. Multimedia presentations are provided.
The League of German Maidens - Read about the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth.
Our Banner Means More to Us Than Death - The Hitler Youth In World War II. - Discover the role the Hitler Youth played in the military organization of the Third Reich.
Youth Ceremonies - Read about the "rites of passage" for the Hitler Youth.
"My program for educating youth is hard. Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of the Teutonic Order a youth will grow up before which the world will tremble. I want a brutal, domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it. The free, splendid beast of prey must once again flash from its eyes...That is how I will eradicate thousands of years of human domestication...That is how I will create the New Order." -- Adolf Hitler, 1933.
