Education and Youth Organizations: Hitler Youth, League of German Girls, and School Policy (1922–1945)

1. Nazi Party establishes its first youth league

   Mar 1, 1922Labels: NSDAP Youth

   • USHMM Enc
   • HJ Wiki

2. Hitler Youth name adopted and reorganized

   Jul 1, 1926Labels: Hitler-Jugend

   • USHMM Enc
   • HJ Wiki

3. National Socialist Teachers League is founded

   Apr 21, 1929Labels: NSLB, teachers organization

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   • NSLB Wiki

4. League of German Girls (BDM) founded

   Apr 20, 1930Labels: Bund Deutscher, BDM

   • BDM Wiki
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5. Schirach appointed Reich Youth Leader (party post)

   Oct 30, 1931Labels: Baldur von

   • Reichsjug Wiki
   • Schirach DE

6. Law restricts Jewish enrollment in public education

   Apr 25, 1933Labels: Education Quota

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7. Schirach made Youth Leader of the German Reich

   Jun 17, 1933Labels: Jugendf hrer, Baldur von

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   • Schirach DE

8. Reich Education Ministry created under Bernhard Rust

   May 1, 1934Labels: Reich Education, Bernhard Rust

   • REM Wiki
   • Rust Wiki

9. Law makes Hitler Youth the framework for all youth

   Dec 1, 1936Labels: Law on

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   • HJ Wiki

10. Adolf Hitler Schools open as elite HJ-linked institutions

    Apr 20, 1937Labels: Adolf Hitler

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11. Faith and Beauty program created for older BDM girls

    Jan 19, 1938Labels: Glaube und, BDM program

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12. Jews barred from German universities after November pogrom

    Nov 9, 1938Labels: University Exclusion

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13. Artur Axmann succeeds Schirach as Reich Youth Leader

    Aug 8, 1940Labels: Artur Axmann

    • Axmann Wiki
    • Reichsjug Wiki

14. Allied Control Council outlaws the Hitler Youth

    Oct 10, 1945Labels: Allied Control

    • HJ Wiki
    • ACC Wiki