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was willing to steal for it. Schirach   intoxicating for us boys. The flag for us   Jewish people that they captured. After
                                                                                                                                inspire Hitler to start winning the   stood higher than death? (Historical   the war was over people did calculating
                                                                                                                                youth?s trust because they will do    Boys? Uniform). This just shows how   and figure out that ?about 50,000 people
                                                                                                                                anything to be an important part in   much the Hitler Youth boys loved their   were thought to have defied the Nazis?
                                                                                                                                society.                              uniforms. The uniform was also        (Blakemore). These people many things
                                                                                                                                       Today many people say, that    desirable because the boys knew that   that help the people that were suffering
                                                                                                                                Hitler?s beginning goal was to target the   they were representing their leader   around them including the Jewish
                                                                                                                                youth because they are more likely to   when the wore it.                   people. Many people believed that these
                                                                                                                                believe in ideas. Hitler used the youth to   There was  always one set of   people risked their lives everyday to be
                                                                                                                                inspire a mission that appealed to their   uniforms for the Junior Hitler Youth   apart of this organization.
                                                                                                                                idealism and hope. The youth of       member (ages 10-14), and one set of
                                                                                                                                Germany joined, got their uniform and   uniforms for the actual Hitler Youth
                                                                                                                                were ready to listen.                 (ages 15-18). These uniforms were     Cause for Changes and
                                                                                                                                                                      often the same, but it some special case   Effect of it
                                                                                                                                                                      they were different. For example, the
                                                                                                                                The Hitler Youth Uniform              SRD, or the junior SS, wore a different      When the war started
                                                                                                                                        All Hitler Youth member were   uniform they the normal Hitler Youth   Germany had enough soldiers to fight
                                                                                                                                required to wear a                         members. The Hitler Youth        for them across land and sea, but as the
                                                                                                                                Hitler Youth uniform                       member also wore the uniform to   war dragged on soldiers started to get
                                                                                                                                everyday. Member had                       keep them off the enemy list.    killed in battle. Germany could not find
                                                                                                                                                                                                            enough people that were 18 and older
                                                                                                                                two different sets of
         The Nazi s and                                                                                                         uniforms. Every                            Enemies                          to fill their ranks. They were running
                                                                                                                                                                                                            dangerous low on troops when they
                                                                                                                                member had a set of
                                                                                                                                                                                                            finally made a big change.
                                                                                                                                                                             During the war, Hitler had
                                                                                                                                winter uniforms and set
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    At the beginning of the war,
         Chi l dr en                                                                                                            of summer uniform.                         many groups                               Hitler Youth numbers were
                                                                                                                                                                           that opposed
                                                                                                                                World War 1 marked
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     skyrocketing because Hitler
                                                                                                                                                                           him. Some of
                                                                                                                                the first official uniform
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     made it required. The
                                                                                                                                of Hitler Youth
                                                                                                                                                                           were made of
                                                                                                                                (Historical Boys?                          these groups                              requirement for all children
         The st or y of   Hi t l er  Yout h                                                                                     Uniform). This                             children that                             ages 10 to 18 made ?the Hitler
                                                                                                                                uniform included a                         mainly opposed                            Youth total at 8.8 million?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (Gavin). This growth made
         By Jade Paumi                                                                                                          brown shirt and black                      the member of                             Nazis followers happy
                                                                                                                                short pants.
                                                                                                                                                                           Hitler Youth.
               Have you ever told on someone after you told them                                                                       The members                         One group that                            because they knew that their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     children were getting the best
        you wouldn?t? Well in Nazis Germany this was taken to a   Formed Under the NSGWP                                        of Hitler Youth had an                     is well know to                           teachings they could get.
        whole new level. Hitler Youth members would turn in people       Hitler Youth was formed in 1926 under a party called   attitude toward the                        oppose Hitler                             They made the big change
        that did nothing just to get attention and special treatment.   National Socialist German Workers Party. Rudolf Hess    brown shirt and black                      and the Hitler                            when they started to lose to
               Hitler Youth was a boy scout type program in which   suggested the name Hitler Youth and it stuck. Hitler Youth   short panted uniform as                   Youth was the                             many troops.
        Nazis trained boys to be                                          had many leaders Franz Pfeffer von Salomon who        well. The uniforms                         Edelweiss                                  With this many Hitler Youth
        ready to fight for their                                          started in 1927 after Kurt Gruber stepped down        were a very popular                        Pirates.                                  children and troops dropping
        leader, Adolf Hitler. This                                        from the position (Spartacus Educational). This       aspect of Hitler Youth and was thought       This group                              like flies, Germany needed to
        program was first founded                                         leadership did not last long through, soon the        to be desirable by many of the boys.   would mainly                                  get more troops. So, they
        when Hitler took control                                          leaders of the party would looking for someone                                                  terrified  the city                        called upon the younger
        of Germany in 1933.                                               new to take the position.                                                                       at night. They                    generation. All 18 year-olds were sent
        Children in Germany were                                                In 1930 was the year that the party found the           ?The uniform was very             would terrify the city by writing   to the front lines of battle. When the 18
        required to participate in                                        Hitler Youth a new leader. This new leaders named         important. The whole mix of           trouble things about Hitler on the   year-olds want to battle that meant they
        Hitler Youth whether they                                         was Baldur von Schirach.  He was a fantastic                                                    walls of building. The Edelweiss   had to lower ?the age of local Hitler
        wanted to or not. The                                             organizer, so he decided to directed a massive youth      activities, the uniform along         Pirates not only terrified the city,   Youth leaders to 16 and 17 year-olds?
        children would wear a                                             demonstration. During this demonstration, over            with the flags, flames, and           they also made people scared for   (Gavin).  When they made this change
        specific uniform to show                                          100,000 young children marched pass Hitler for                                                  their children during the day.    it also left the Hitler Youth member to
        that they were apart of the                                       seven hours.  During this the members were also           fanfare was intoxicating for          According to Blakemore, the       put the fires from the bombs, getting
        organization, but they had different uniforms for winter and      carrying  the Hitler Youth flag.                          us boys. The flag for us stood        Edelweiss Pirates would           people to the bomb shelters, along with
        summer seasons.                                                         After this demonstration, Schirach asked                                                  participated to various types of   any other task that needed to be done.
               Although Hitler Youth was required for all boys,   Hitler for permission to create a youth movement. After               higher than death?                violent and nonviolent resistance.
        some children choose to join other groups that hated the   Hitler agreed to the youth movement, ?Schirach made several   Mussakowiez says that ?The uniform       They were such pests to Hitler that      The change gave the Nazis a
        Nazis. These group were pleased when in 1945 Hitler Youth   important changes to the way Hitler Youth was organized?    was very important. The whole mix of   in 1944 six hanged without trial.    chance, but in the end it did not pay off.
        was disbanded. Hitler Youth was an important program     (Spartacus Educational). Schirach decided that his main goal   activities, the uniform along with the       The Edelweiss Pirates grew as   When the war ended Hitler Youth was
        during Hitler?s rule over Germany.                       was to re-educate the German children in the spirit of                                               the war went on because people started   disbanded. Everyone in it was left in
                                                                 National Socialism. Schirach believed in his idea so much he   flags, flames, and fanfare was        to realize what Hitler was doing to the   shame for the rest of their life.
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