The hitlers youth was basically a movement for children of German culture. It was created in the 1920's. By 1933 there were 100,000 children that were members. In 1936 there were 4 millions members. They were ages 10 to 18. There was separate organizations for boys and girls. The section for boys was to prepared them for war and the girls for motherhood.
The boys had many millitary athletics including, marching,bayonet drill,grenade throwing,trench digging, map reading, gas defence,use of dugouts,how to get under bobwire, and pistol shooting. Girls had to know to run 60 meters,do a two hour march,swim 100 meters, and make a bed.
The hitler movement was over seen by Balder Von Shirach. The hitler youth personified German disipline. School teachers complained that the boys and girls were so tires that the couldnt stay awake during class. By 1938 the attendance with hitler youth meetings were so poor tht it was 25 percent so the authorities tightened it up by a law in 1939 making attendance compulsory.
Works Cited:
Zusak, Markus.
The Book Thief. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Print.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for reposting Natalie!
Proper capitalization: Be sure to capitalize the first word of every sentence and all proper nouns.
Be sure to include a link to your original source. It does not have to be in MLA format because we had not gone over that in class yet when this post was due, but it is still important info.
comma usage--be sure to separate dependent clauses with a comma: "By 1933 there were 100,000 children that were members. In 1936 there were 4 millions members." should be "By 1933, there were 100,000 children that were members. In 1936, there were 4 millions members."
Be sure to spell check--here is one example I found, but there were a few more in this post: "School teachers complained that the boys and girls were so tires that the couldnt stay awake during class."