Question

Define Nazi youth League.

Answer 1

The Nazi Youth League was a youth organization founded in early 1920s by authorisation of Hitler and was an off shoot of the Nazi Party. Hitler was of the view that children should be indoctrinated about the Nazi ideology from a young age for establishment and development of a strong Nazi society. Its main objectives were to create a strong Nazi nation free of weak people and Jews and to instill in youth the motivation to fight for loyally for the Nazi nation. 

It aimed to prune and purify the schools by throwing out teachers who opposed the Nazi views and separating the 'undesirable' jewish children from the Nordic Germans. 

Not only this, textbooks were rewritten to glorify German racial supremacy and methodically brainwash children from an early age to justify and adopt the twisted Nazi ideas of purity and Jewish hatred. 

Youth organisations were handed over the responsibility the educating the children and teaching them the philosophies of Nationalist Socialism and to loyally, without questioning serve Hitler. 

At the age of 10 children had to enroll in Jungvolk till they were 14 years, at which it was mandatory for therm to join the Nazi youth organization called the Hitler's Youth for getting trained in Nazi philosophy and ideas. At the age of 18, they had to sign up for Labour Services and later enter the military service or any other Nazi organization.