Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication, September 28th, 2001
* Children played a major role in the rise of the Nazi party. Adolf Hitler believed trained young Nazis would ensure the future of his empire, which he thought would rule the world for 1,000 years. * In 1926, Hitler established the Hitler Youth, an organization designed to indoctrinate Nazi principles in German youths aged 10 to 18. Children aged 10 to 14 joined the German Young People. At age 14, boys joined Hitler Youth proper and girls entered the League of German Maidens. In 1936, Hitler banned all other youth groups in Germany and made membership in Hitler Youth compulsory for all non-Je...
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