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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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