HY purposes & members

The Hitler Youth (Hitler Jugend) was an extension of Hitler's belief that the Nazi future in Germany was its children. Hitler saw the Hitler youth as being as important to a child as school. In the early years of the Nazi government, Hitler made a speech at the Nuremberg Rally, 14 September 1935, which tells of the exact nature and purpose of the Hitler Youth. "What we look for from German youth is different from what people …

…though the Hitler Youth leaded masses of young Germans to obey blindly to Hitler, all the youth were not so fanatic. Some youngsters resisted, not all as much and in the same ways, but they resisted. And some of them displayed a heroism and lack of selfishness which were quite incredible, going as far as giving their lives for liberty and democracy. <Tab/> (Sources: the internet)<Tab/>