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Deutsches Jungvolk fanfare trumpeters at a Nazi rally in the town of Worms in 1933. Their banners illustrate the Deutsches Jungvolk rune insignia.. The Deutsches Jungvolk was founded in 1928 by Kurt Gruber under the title Jungmannschaften ("Youth Teams"), but it was renamed Knabenschaft in December 1928 [1] and became the Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitlerjugend in March 1931. [2]
As the boys' community could no longer exist as a formal organization, efforts were made in the newspaper "Die Kiefer" and in Koebel's book "Die Heldenfibel" to ensure the continued existence of dj.1.11 as a community of like-minded individuals, a "spiritual order". The magazine and book were published by Verlag Günther Wolff in Plauen. [3]
From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organisation in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organisation. It was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14.
At 14, all Deutsches Jungvolk were required to join the senior Hitler Youth branch, the Hitlerjugend. In part to avoid becoming an infantry officer, Heck applied to the elite Flying Hitler Youth (Flieger Hitlerjugend), although he was apprehensive about its year-long glider plane training. But within weeks he became obsessed with flying and ...
Der Pimpf (German: [deːɐ̯ ˈpɪmpf], "The Boy") was the Nazi magazine for boys, particularly those in the Deutsches Jungvolk, with adventure and propaganda. [1] It first appeared in 1935 as Morgen, changing its name to Der Pimpf in 1937; its publication ceased in July, 1944. [1] It included adventures of troops of Hitler Youth. [2]
Zech was born in Zlattnik, Upper Silesia (present-day Złotniki, Opole Voivodeship, Poland) and was enrolled in the Deutsches Jungvolk, as was mandatory under Nazi rule. In early 1945, Goldenau (as Zlattnik was re-named under the Nazis from 1936-1945) was under attack by advancing elements of the Soviet Red Army. During the attack, Zech saw a ...
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With the dismissal of Jewish educators, the National Socialist Teachers League required that only teachers who could prove they were "Aryan" were teaching the German youth. Every educator "was required to submit an ancestry table in triplicate with official documented proof" of their lineage. [ 6 ]