hitler youth

The Hitler Youth (HJ) movement began in 1926 and the League of German Maidens (BDM) was started in 1930. These two groups were the youth group options for young adults ages 14-18 to join. Each group had divisions for younger children since Hitler wanted to ensure that all children were directly involved with his efforts to create his superior German race. In order for a child to join these groups they needed to possess much more than a love for their country. Children, like couples who wish to marry, had to undergo extensive medical exams to gain admittance into the groups. In addition, each person needed to prove their true German blood by tracing back their lineage as far as they could. Obviously no one with any Jewish blood was allowed to infiltrate the group. These extensive tests kept many children from joining the youth movement, which at the time was one of the only groups which offered any kind of outing events. In fact by the end of 1933 if young adults wished to join any yout...