Through Innocent Eyes by Cynthia A. Sandor

This early indoctrination is another example of the attempts to mold the German youth into ideal party members. Another interesting thing that should be noted is that the person leading the ceremony is a member of the Hitler Youth and not an adult, which illustrates the centrality of youth leadership within the organization. The images the Nazis tried to evoke in the minds of the young people between the party and other sources of authority such as the church was clearly shown in the pledge that is sworn at the end of the ceremony. This excerpt is important because it illustrates the ties that the Nazis tried to make between old establishments and the newer Nazi party. This article was published in Der Hoheitsräger, which was a prominent German magazine whose name means “The Standard Bearer”. Finally, source 5 outlines the duties of a leader of a girls group and describes the experiences from a leadership position.īelow is an excerpt from a ceremony that was used to induct German youth from their old organizations into the Hitler Youth and League of German Women. She talks about how her experience in the group was a very unpleasant one, whereas source 4 talks about the small details of another girl’s pleasant experience while in the Hitler Youth. Source 3 talks about how girls were drafted into the Hitler Youth and forced into doing athletic activities by the leaders. Source 2 talks about a female member’s decision to join the youth movement and briefly describes what happened at the meetings, and also discusses a male member’s account. Source 1 shows a detailed account of what took place at the Hitler Youth meetings. Personal Account: Bund Deutscher Maedel- Giesela Borgwaldt Personal Account: The League of German Girls- Ursula Sabelĥ. Personal Account of a Jungmäedel- Ruth ReibnagelĤ.

Personal Account of Bund Deutscher Maedel- Helga Brachmannģ. On this page we will show several different accounts of what happened at Hitler Youth meetings and member’s reactions.Ģ.

Through Innocent Eyes by Cynthia A. Sandor