By: Cole Bridges

What This Was The Hitler Youth Organization was a type of school all German boys were forced to attend. The boys were taught to be loyal followers of the Nazi party and how to use Nazi ways. They were even taught that war cleansed the world of all of our problems and that it was essential for life to be enjoyable.

Members of H.Y.O. Members of Hitler Youth included any boy from the age of 14-18. However, if this person was disabled they would be drafted to other forms of the H.Y.O. Mentally disabled people were not allowed to become members of Hitler Youth. Jewish Children were not allowed to enter either, no matter how Aryan they looked.

Youth Made Prejudice about the Mentally Disabled The Leaders of Hitler Youth made it very clear to the Youth that Mentally Disabled people were not equal to human beings. They would tell the youth that all Money used for there care was wasted and needed to be spent on more important things like funding the Nazi.

The Man In Charge Baldor Von Schirach, a loyal of Adolf Hitler, was in charge of Hitler Youth Organization. This man was one of the first to join the Nazi party and wrote two books that were bestsellers in Germany.

Girls in H.Y.O. Girls were also forced to participate in Hitler Youth. The same qualifications had to be held by the girls as the boys. This group was called the Society of German Maidens.

Rules for Students The students were supposed to be in a great physical condition and were supposed to no longer have weakness. They even told children to spy on their families and report any anti-Nazi acts.

How Students took in Their learning At the end of World War one, many Germans weren’t ready to get involved in another war. However, Hitler Youth were mostly ready for war because that was all they knew.

Credits Information provided by World Book Online and the book by Susan C. Bartoletti “ Hitler Youth, Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow.”