BOYS
End Goal: be fearsome, loyal and able-bodied soldiers
WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMED FORCES)
Age 18+
Activities: Fighting for Hitler
HITLERJUNGEND (HITLER YOUTH)
Age 14-18
Activities: All of the above
Military training
DEUTSCHES JUNGVOLK (GERMAN YOUNG PEOPLE)
Age 10-13
Example Activities: Sporting, marching, map reading
Learned about racial purity and anti-semitism
PIMPF (LITTLE PEOPLE)
Age 6-10
Example Activities: Hiking, camping
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10
20
The Hitler Youth was not at all secretive about its intention to have all of Germany's boys go through a paramilitary training program. At Hitler Youth meetings, all boys wrestled and boxed, practiced tactics, participated in calistehtics, and learned how to shoot rifles. Some boys went on to drive vehicles or operate flak guns. And all members paraded and sang Nazi propoganda- a lot. Eventually, it became compulsary to enlist in the German Wehrmact soon after a boy turned 18; towards the end of the war, boys of all ages were mustered to fight against the invading Allies.
