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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
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