Hitler Youth

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The Hitler Youth was the paramilitary youth organization of the Nazi Party that indoctrinated German children and adolescents with Nazi ideology and prepared them for future roles in the regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization
paramilitary organization
youth organization
activities camping and outdoor exercises
military drills
paramilitary training
political indoctrination
sports and physical training
weapons training
ageRange 10–18
bannedBy Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Allied occupation authorities
country Germany
dissolved 1945
headquartersLocation Berlin
historicalPeriod World War II
interwar period
ideology German nationalism
Nazism
antisemitism
fascism
militarism
inception 1926
leaderTitle Reich Youth Leader
legalStatus state youth organization of Nazi Germany
membership millions of German youths
membershipPolicy compulsory for Aryan boys after 1936
excluded Jewish children
excluded so-called non-Aryans
namedAfter Adolf Hitler
nativeLabel Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitlerjugend
notableLeader Artur Axmann
Baldur von Schirach
operatedIn Nazi Germany
parentOrganization Nazi Party
partOf Nazi Party
politicalPosition far-right
purpose indoctrination of German youth with Nazi ideology
preparation of boys for military service
preparation of girls for motherhood and domestic roles
reasonForAbolition association with Nazi regime and war crimes
religiousPolicy anti-Christian tendencies
subOrganization Deutsches Jungvolk
Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitler Youth Flying Units

Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitler Youth Motorized Units

Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hitler Youth Naval Units

Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jungvolk

Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: League of German Girls
targetDemographic German adolescents
German children
usedFor recruitment for other Nazi organizations
recruitment for the Waffen-SS
recruitment for the Wehrmacht

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this entity surface form: Bund Deutscher Mädel
this entity surface form: League of German Girls
this entity surface form: League of German Girls
Reich Youth Leader hasAuthorityOver Hitler Youth
this entity surface form: Hitler Youth regional leaders
Reich Youth Leader hasAuthorityOver Hitler Youth
this entity surface form: Hitler Youth Bann leaders
Artur Axmann memberOf Hitler Youth
Baldur von Schirach memberOf Hitler Youth
Artur Axmann movement Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth nativeLabel Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hitlerjugend
Deutsches Jungvolk partOf Hitler Youth
Kristallnacht perpetrator Hitler Youth
Deutsches Jungvolk preparesFor Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth subOrganization Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: League of German Girls
Hitler Youth subOrganization Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jungvolk
Hitler Youth subOrganization Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hitler Youth Motorized Units
Hitler Youth subOrganization Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hitler Youth Naval Units
Hitler Youth subOrganization Hitler Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hitler Youth Flying Units
Nazi Germany womenOrganization Hitler Youth
this entity surface form: League of German Girls
Nazi Germany youthOrganization Hitler Youth
Nazi Party youthWing Hitler Youth