Hitler Youth In The Concentration Camps

KriegsmarineFreak · 03-01-2008, 06:40 PM

Probably one of the most powerful Holocaust photos of World War 2 this photo shows a member of the Einsatzgruppe about to shoot a Jewish man in Ukraine. Behind him there are members of the German military, the German labor service, and the Hitler Youth. Did Hitler Youth work in the concentration camps? What was their role if they did? On the back of this photograph it says, "The last Jew in Vinnitsa." I thought only a few German guards would be there during such executions but it appears that this one in particular is a large social gathering. Was this common during the Holocaust?

sapper · 03-01-2008, 06:59 PM

I don't think there were any Hitler Youth in the camps. If there were some there, it is likely to be a coincidence.
Sapper

plant-pilot · 03-01-2008, 06:59 PM

Which do you think are 'Hitler Youth'?

The youngest there looks like a military musician, bit they all seem to be in military uniforms of different types.

KriegsmarineFreak · 03-01-2008, 07:34 PM

It said on wikipedia that there were Hitler Youth in the photo. I'm guessing the Hitler Youth member is that boy who's just right behind the Einsatzgruppe soldier's arm. You see him?

deadb_tch · 03-01-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by plant-pilot

Which do you think are 'Hitler Youth'?

The youngest there looks like a military musician, bit they all seem to be in military uniforms of different types.

Yep, KriegsmarineFreak, wich is 'Hitler Youth', can u mark him on photo?

Gage · 03-01-2008, 07:39 PM

What a distressing picture. Bastards! Couldn't give a toss what uniform they are wearing.

Slipdigit · 03-01-2008, 07:39 PM

The guys on the right in black look like they are wearing early war panzer crew uniforms.

jacobtowne · 03-01-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KriegsmarineFreak

It said on wikipedia

As my old pappy always said, "believe nothing you hear and half of what you read."

JT

sapper · 03-01-2008, 08:11 PM

Remember... there was a thread entitled Forgive your enemies.This picture like a million others, serves to remind us old veterans about forgiving our enemies.....
sapper

KriegsmarineFreak · 03-01-2008, 09:09 PM

Oh, yeah I know wikipedia doesn't have a lot of accurate information nowadays but oddly enough I've read in another Holocaust books about this same photo that there was a Hitler Youth Member in the crowd. I've circled who I think the Hitler Youth Member could possibly be but he looks more like a Panzer crewmember. Maybe the books I read were wrong or something? If it is a Panzer crewmember, how much were the Panzer Corps involved in the Holocaust? What did they do?

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Gage Angels one-five Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,126	What a distressing picture. Bastards! Couldn't give a toss what uniform they are wearing. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. We had a squadron commander who believed in the head-on attack. 'The next raid we go up to intercept, we will do a head-on attack,' he said. So he attacked an Me 110 head-on and I'm afraid Jerry got the better of him and all we found of him was his shirt! Flying Officer Harold Bird-Wilson, 17 Squadron.

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sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,373	I don't think there were any Hitler Youth in the camps. If there were some there, it is likely to be a coincidence. Sapper

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sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,373	Remember... there was a thread entitled Forgive your enemies.This picture like a million others, serves to remind us old veterans about forgiving our enemies..... sapper

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