For the Nazis, the development of Germany's youth was an integral part of their policies and indeed of their ideology1. It was essential for the regime to win the loyalty of the next generation if the...
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The Hitler youth known as the Hitler Jugend was formed in 1926. They played a major role in the rise of the Nazi party, about 90 percent of the Aryan children in Germany belonged to Nazi youth groups....
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How and Why did Hitler affect the youth"
When Hitler was gaining power he needed all kinds of people for him. Adults made the group Hitler was aiming to hit on and become the ruler. However, t...
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Braunschweig, Germany (dpa) - Tears glistened Monday in the eyes
of Solomon Perel, 81, a Jew who survived the Holocaust by joining the
Hitler Youth, as a plaque was unveiled...
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Berlin (dpa) - Two of Germany's leading novelists, Martin Walser
and Siegfried Lenz, were inducted into the Nazi Party as 16-year-old
boys late in the Second World War, it h...
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Helmut Kohl has always been grateful that he benefited from the "grace of late birth." Though forced into the Hitler Youth, Kohl was too young to be drafted into the Nazi war machine and sent to th...
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Washington (dpa) - US authorities are seeking to deport an 85-
year-old former Nazi who allegedly guarded prisoners as an armed SS
dog handler at two infamous concentration ...
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The story of Pope Benedict XVI's life _ from his birth in Germany to his election as pontiff _ is told through the eyes of a tabby cat called Chico in a new children's book.In "Joseph and Chico: A ...
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Following is a summary of odd news briefs compiled from
stories that have run separately and are available in full on
the file.
Cremator dumps half-burned bodies to save fuel HONG KONG (Reuters)...
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In speedy fashion, the princes of the Catholic Church have chosen the German-born Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to fill the shoes of John Paul II. The contrast is startling: As a young man, John Paul d...
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Sofia (dpa) - Violence targeting Roma and committed by Roma is not
unusual in Bulgaria. But the recent explosion of violent hatred in a
quarter in the capital Sofia has gone...
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Berlin (dpa) - At various times in its history the once handsome
building was used by Hitler's Nazi Party and then as the headquarters
of the East German Communist Party (SE...
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Zagreb (dpa) - Only an appeal by a group of celebrities persuaded
Hajduk Split hooligan fans to abandon jerseys which featured a
belligerent eagle and a declaration of membe...
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The Hitler Youth
Volkswagen unveils plaque to Jewish member of Hitler Youth
