This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

©2010 StoryJumper, Inc.   All rights reserved.

Publish your own children's book: 

www.storyjumper.com

   This book is the key to finding the life of the Hitler              

youth program and its youth

            How did the Hitler Youth begin ?

      The Hitler Youth Program began in 1923 

by the National Socialist German Workers 

party, or NSDAP. The Hitler Youth was a form 

of an earlier military unit called the 

Wandervogel. This group was like the Boy 

Scouts of America. The group, when it first 

started had about 1000 members which might 

seam like a lot,   but in 1933 over 2,300,000 

youth had joined.

     How did people find out about the Hitler youth?

   At first the Hitler youth was a slow moving 

organization. A newspaper named the Volischer 

Beobachter released a statement from Hitler,"We 

demand that the NSDAP youth,and all other young 

Geman, irrespective of class whose hearts are 

affected by the suffering and hard ships affecting 

the fatherland,and who desire to join the ranks of 

the fighters against the Jewish enemy, the sole 

organization of our humility,shame ,and 

suffering,join the Hitler youth."

In May 1923 Lenk ,the 

leader of the youth 

published a magazine 

which turned out to be a 

money waster. He was 

shunned by Hitler and his 

friends. He was eventually 

removed from office and 

replaced by Gruber.

     What did the Youth have to do to get into the 

group?

  Any youth wanting to join the program had to go through 

a 3 week course of training and physical challenges.Boys 

would be tested in running ability,throwing skill, 

swimming capability, and gymnastics. Boys also 

endured a 3 day hike, and a courage test in which 

they had to jump from 2 stories into water.Girls also 

took a 2 hour hike through the rough back country. 

Any youth that proved to be in good health,teeth, no 

debt, tough, physical, and no shorter than 5 feet 9 

inches were put into the pre-ss youth .

     Was everyone affected by the Hitler youth?

    Dec. 1 ,1936, Hitler passed a law stating that all 

German youth must be taught in the ways of physical, 

intelligent ,and nationalism.The law also stated parents 

who stopped their child from joining the youth would be 

placed with heavy jail time and in some cases permanent 

removal from children. The law also banned all other 

youth programs in Germany.The Gov. also insured all 

educators were part of the national socialist workers 

party. Teachers were taught to tell youth that Aryan was 

the Superior race. Schools were subject to Hitlers control 

. The youth set up camps that whole schools had to 

attend as a training and orientation to the Hitler 

youth.Over 120 were run by youth them selves an 44 

were run by the ss soldiers.in 

          What did the youth do for fun?

  The Hitler youth were very restricted in the 

amount of fun they could have so, they used 

their jobs to have fun. In the Flieger HJ,part of 

the air force, youth would partake in gliding 

competitions. They could also take rides in 

bombers.

You've previewed 10 of 16 pages.

To read more: