Hitler Youth In The Concentration Camps

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Originally Posted by chipmunk wallah

Just to parralel,I always say,if Im going to end up getting mugged on the street my preference would be an adult does it as by and large teens dont have regard for consiciences of their actions.

It is well known in war that indoctrinated youngsters will act without conscience, often being far more brutal than adults. Think of the child soldiers of the Khmer Rouge, for example.

An interesting quote from Hitler about the Hitler Youth:

Hitler, in a somewhat cynical mood in 1938, expressed his attitude toward them. "This youth learns nothing but to think German and to act German. When these boys enter our organization at the age of ten, it is often the first time in their lives that they get to breathe and feel fresh air; then four years later they come from the Jungvolk into the Hitler Youth, and we keep them there for another four years, and then we definitely don't put them back into the hands of the originators of our old classes and status barriers; rather we take them straight into the Party or into the Labor Front, the SA, or the SS, the NSKK [motorized corps] and so on. And if they are there for another two years or a year and a half and still haven't become complete National Socialists, then they go into the Labor Service and are polished for another six or seven months, all with a symbol, the German spade. And any class consciousness or pride of status that may be left here and there is taken over by the Wehrmacht for further treatment for two years, and when they come back after two, three, or four years, we take them straight into the SA, SS, and so on again, so that they shall in no case suffer a relapse, and they will never be free again as long as they live."

From here: The History Place - Hitler Youth
Another interesting link: The History Place - Hitler Youth