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The training g ven in the Hitler Youth was of two
types: political and physical. Political indoctrination
was steadily provided at every level by trained leaders;
physical training was of such a highly technical and
thorough nature that it was, even before 1939, training
for war. This training began at an early age, so that
the HJ became the chief uedium by vtfiich the Nazis were
able to create millions of fanatical young Nazis., As many
P/w interrogations have shown, a high proportion of
Hitler Youth members wero, by virtue of their training,
thoroughly militaristic, jingoistic, and completely
loyal to Adolf Hitler, Moreover, Hitler Youth leaders
were designated to form part of the terroristic organiza­
tions (Werwolf) established for subversive activities
after defeat. What the Nazis intended the Hitler Youth
to be is revealed by the following remark made by Goering
in a speech delivered 20 October 1935 at a meeting of the
Party Leaders in Silesia, "In the borough, in the
province, everywhere, the Party presents the candidates
for authoritative positions and influential leaders.,
And first of all, the future leaders of Germany will issue
exclusively from the Hitler Youth,"
5, Structure of the Hitler Youth, The designation
"Hitler Youth" covered the fo\ir main branches of the
^» Quoted in Nazi Guide to Nazism, published by the
American Council on Public Affairs,' V/ashington, D.C.
1942.
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