Another complication is that sometimes variation occurred as an effort to vreate a kind of dress uniform.
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We also note that boys did not always have all their badges sewn on their shirts, even the basic one like the triangular unit patch and the oval patch. Commonly for example there are differences in the hjosiey and shoes. Other variations occur because units varied as to how strictly they enforced the HJ regulations. various headwear including berets and soft and hard peaked caps and so forth were also worn. White shirts were permitted as were black or white socks, shoes or boots. The first issue shirts were brown army shirts left over from World War I. The HJ uniform was not at first as standardized as it was to become. There were, however, some differences, especially with the headwear.įigure 2.-This Deutsche Jungvolk boys wears the winter uniform with the blue or black jacket. The basic uniform of brown shirt and black short pants varied little over time. Most of the changes came in the early period after the NAZIs seized power. With the passing of the Youth Service Law-Jugenddienstgesetz on the 25th of March, 1939, service in the Hitler Youth became compulsory for every male child in Germany between the age of 10 and 18 and every female child between the age of 10 and 21. Baldur von Schirach was appointed Reich Youth Leader. The same year saw the incorporation of all German youth clubs and youth formations into the Hitler Youth, with the international Boy Scouts movement being banned in Germany. The NAZIs in 1933 after Hitler seized power ofiifically formed the Hitlerjugend as an independent organisation of the NSDAP no longer under the command of the SA. To distinguish the youth section from the adult members of the SA, in 1924 the Jungsturm took to wearing a separate uniform with a Swastika armband of a special design a- the pattern eventually adopted by the Hitler Youth - different to that of the Kampfbinde worn by the rank and file members of the SA Detachments." One the NAZIs seized power and the Hitler Y outh became a state youth program, the uniform became much more standardized. Many of the older boys of 16-18 years of age in the group known as the Jungsturm Adolf Hitler were often involved in street brawls with the political opponents of the National Socialists, some even being killed, when they were mistaken for members of the SA. Members of the youth section wore an almost identical brown uniform to that worn by the SA, and this gave rise to certain problems.
As a junior branch of the SA, it came under the command of the SA. The first attempt to establish a youth section of the National Socialist Movement was started in 1922 with the creation on the 13th of May of the Jugendbund der NSDAP. The early uniforms of the Jugendbund could vary. We notice some chronological trends in the Hitler Youth uniforms. Uniform Development: Chronological Trends The most obvious uniform item was a brown shirt. Some of the uniform items were identical, but there were important differences. There were differences in the uniforms of the two groups. There were two sections to the boys units of the Hitler Youth, the Deutsche Jugend for the younger (10-14) boys and the Hitler Jugend proper for the older (15-18) boys. This was perhaps especially true in Germany, but Scouts in other countries also felt strongly about their uniforms. In our modern era of sophisticated jaded youth who oject to the idea of a uniform, it is difficult to fully comprehend just how important the uniform was to boys at the time. The uniform was very popular among the Hitler Youth boys. In any large number of boys, regional variations, or changes in national regulations over time. We have seen some variations, but am unsure if that represents expected variations One the NAZIs seized power and the Hitler Youth became a state youth program, the uniform became much more standardized. WE don't have any written material describing the history of the uniform and actual uniform regulations.
We have not had the opportunity to thoroughly research the uniforms of the Hitler Youth. Figure 1.-This Hitler Youth wears the summer uniform with black lederhosen, a popular choice for boys involved in outdoor activities.
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