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then be easier for our leaders to educate the boys and
girls in their charge to become fanatical upholders of ,
the Nazi ideology."
There were four of these schools, the most important
and best known being the Akademie für Ju^endfuhrung in
Brunswick, which opened on 10 February 1938. The teaching
ataff consisted of reliable HS teachers- According to
one source, successful completion of studies at the
Akademie entitled the student to the diploma of Youth
Leader and an appointment as Pannführer, The graduate
was compelled to remain in the service of the Hitler Youth
for twelve years, after which he could choose Party or
2
government service*
(3) Adolf Hitlsr Schulen. These schools were
organized b, the Reich Youth Leader in 1937, in
collaboration with Alfred Rosenberg, director of the
educational training program of the Party, and Robert Ley,
Reich Leader of HSDAP organizations» Although it had
been planned to have one of these schools in each Gau,
the project v;as never completed; the number of these schools
eventually opened was reported to range from 11 to 14,
The Arinlf Hitler Schulen were free boarding schools
designed to provide secondary education for those who
needed special assistance. Each school pas directly under
1. Quoted In the T^itlsh Handbook, p. 000
2. CA Handbook I.I 356-15, PP 81-8d
3. For one list, nee ibid, p. 76. SECRET