HITLER’S CHILDREN
“THE YOUTH WERE THE FUTURE OF THE NAZI REGIME’S SURVIVAL, AND THEIR UNIFIED MILITANCY WAS VITAL TO HITLER’S VISION OF A THRIVING FATHERLAND”
On 14 September 1935, Adolf Hitler stepped up to a podium facing a 50,000-strong crowd in the rally grounds of Nuremberg. With his fists clenched, he spoke in a tone that captivated his audience. This time, the entire crowd was made up of Hitler Youth members, an organisation that was used to educate and train boys aged 10 to 18 in Nazi principles. In his speech Hitler cited a passage from his two-volume political tract, Mein Kampf, describing his ideal Hitler Youth subject: “Swift as a greyhound, as tough as leather, and as hard as Krupp steel.”
