Hitler Youth
youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany
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Summary
Hitler Youth is a juvenile political organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of juvenile political organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,474 views/month, #1 of 202).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Nazi Germany[3], Weimar Republic[4]
- Named after: Adolf Hitler[5]
- Part of: national socialist movement[6]
- Commons category: Hitlerjugend[7]
- Chairperson: Baldur von Schirach[8], Artur Axmann[9], Kurt Gruber[10]
- Inception: January 3, 1926[11]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: October 12, 1945[12], October 10, 1945[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hitler Youth[14]
- Political ideology: Nazism[15]
- Replaces: Jugendbund[16], Koloniale Jugendabteilung[17]
- Affiliation: Nazi Party[18]
- Native label: Hitlerjugend[19]
- Different from: Q4139038[20]
- Member count: 108,000[21], 2,230,000[22], 3,580,000[23], 3,940,000[24], 5,440,000[25], 5,880,000[26], 7,030,000[27], 8,700,000[28]
- Position held by head of the organization: Reichsjugendführer[29]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Hitler Youth include 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend[30], a Panzer division[31], in Nazi Germany[32], founded in 1943[33].
Why It Matters
Hitler Youth has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for it include 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend[30], a Panzer division[31], in Nazi Germany[32], founded in 1943[33].