Hitler Youth

366 Pages·2004·2.69 MB·English

by  Michael H. Kater

Hitler Youth

HITLER
HITLER
YO U T H
YO U T H
Michael H.Kater
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge,Massachusetts
London,England
2004
Copyright © 2004 by the President and Fellows
of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kater, Michael H., 1937–
Hitler Youth / Michael H. Kater
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-674-01496-0 (alk. paper)
1. Hitler-Jugend. 2. National socialism and youth.
3. Germany—History—1933–1945. I. Title.
DD253.5.K28'2004
943.086'0835—dc22 2004047359
Designed by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt
For my daughter Anja

Contents
1 “Make Way,You Old Ones!” 1
2 Serving in the HitlerYouth 13
In Search of Monopoly and Uniformity 15
Authoritarianism, Militarism, Imperialism 28
Problems of Training, Discipline, and Leadership 48
3 German Girls for Matrimony and Motherhood 70
The Bund Deutscher Mädel in Peacetime 73
The Challenges of World War II 85
Eugenics and Race 94
4 Dissidents and Rebels 113
The Varieties of Dissidence 115
The Empire Strikes Back 148
5 Hitler’sYouth at War 167
Elation and Disenchantment 172
Detours, Duplications, and Alternatives 192
The Final Victory 215
Hitler’s Young Women Deceived 231
6 The Responsibility ofYouth 247
Abbreviations 267
Notes 271
Acknowledgments 347
Index 349

Hitler Youth