Hitler Youth and Stalingrad

"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future."
~Adolf Hitler

Hitler Youth

A young boy wearing an SA uniform, 1934, Alpha History
"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future."
~Adolf Hitler
Hitler recruited Germany's girls and boys between the ages of 10-18. Hitler Youth enabled Hitler to control the men, women, and children.  Originally, the Scholls, along with members of the White Rose were part of Hitler Youth. Through their experiences, their opinions about Hitler changed.

Uniforms of Hitler Youth

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Hitler Youth Girl's Uniform, 1933, Masters of Education
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Hitler Youth Boy's Uniform, 1933, Masters of Education
League of German Girls raising the Nazi flag
 Q: "If they hadn't been in Hitler Youth, do you suppose they would have resisted?"
A: "Remember that the OTHER core White Rose members in Munich – Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst and Willi Graf among them – were NOT Hitler Youth ever.  Willi Graff was the most consistently anti-Nazi of them all from the start – joining a Catholic anti-Nazi youth group called the “Gray Order” and crossing off his address book the name of every friend who joined the Hitler Youth starting in 1933."

From our interview with Dr. Jud Newborn, White Rose Expert

The Battle of Stalingrad


“In early February 1943, the German forces suffered their final defeat in Stalingrad. This was a true turning point in the war. 'After Stalingrad, who could speak of victory of ‘the Führer knows all?' asks Mueller. 'It was so stupid and terrible. After Stalingrad, Germans didn’t trust themselves as before. Some doubts were coming up'.”
~Mueller
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