Sandor - Through innocent eyes : the chosen girls of the Hitler youth

Through
Innocent
Eyes

The Chosen Girls of
the Hitler Youth

Cynthia A. Sandor

Copyright 2012 Cynthia A. Sandor

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-6308-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-6310-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-6309-1 (e)

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Balboa Press rev. date: 12/11/2012

Contents

Preparing to Become a Hitler Youth

Becoming a Member of the Hitler Youth

Country Service Camp

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The task of our Girls League is to raise our girls as torch bearers of the national-socialist world. We need girls who are at harmony between their bodies, souls, and spirits. In addition, we need girls who, through healthy bodies and balanced minds, embody the beauty of divine creation. We want to raise girls who believe in Germany and our leader, and who will pass these beliefs on to their future children.

Dr. Jutta Rdiger

German Psychologist

Reichs Deputy of the Bund Deutscher Mdel

(Reichsreferetin des BDM)

19371945

Anschlagtafel bulletin/notice board located in center of town

Bad WarmbrunnCieplice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Bann regiments

Bannfhrer Colonel

BDM Bund Deutscher MdelLeague of German Girlswas the girls wing of the Nazi Party youth movement for girls ages fourteen to eighteen.

Berchtesgadena municipality in the German Bavarian Alps

Biergarten beer gardenan outdoor area in which beer, other drinks, and local food are served.

Bratl pig shoulder roast

BreslauWroclaw, Poland

Bund der Artamanen Guardian of the Country

Bndische Jugend League of Youth

Das BDMWerk Glaube und Schnheit the BDM Belief and Beauty Society

Deutsche JungendbewegungGerman Youth Movement

DJ Deutsches JungvolkGerman Youth , subdivision of HJ for boy aged ten to fourteen

Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter Cross of Honor of the German Mother

Eierschwammerl also known as Pfifferling, golden chanterelle mushroom

Ersatz replacement

Frulein Miss

Fhrerinnen-Anwrterin a leader candidate

Fhrerinnenschule Leadership School

Gau district that includes five U ntergaue (lower districts) and oversees approximately 15,000 girls

Gauleiter Governor

Gauverband regional grouping consisting of five O bergaue (regions) holding approximately 400,000 girls

Gebiet region

Gebietsfhrer Regional Leader

Gefolgschaft companies

Geisteskrank mentally ill

GiersdorfPodgrzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Gipfelkreuz summit cross

Glaube und Schnheit (B&B) Belief and Beauty

Gruppe girls group; the smallest of the regional groupings in each town or village, consisting of four troops with 160 members

Gruppe, Achtung Group Attention

Grutig NAustrian dialectGreetings to God

Hakenkreuz Swastika

Hauptjungzugfhrer HJ ProperMajor Junior Leader

Haus Frau housewife

Haversack a leather bag carried by a single shoulder strap

Heil salvation or to your souls health

Heist die Flagge Hoist the Flag!

HirschbergJelenia Graa city in Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland

HJ Gruppe sterreich HJ Group Austria

HJ Hitler Youth, a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party for male youths aged fourteen to eighteen

Hoch Deutsch High German, as in speaking formal German and not dialect

Hoheitsadler Nazi Eagle

Jugendbund der NSDAP Youth League of the Nazi Party

Jungdeutscher Order Young German Order

Jugendgemeinschaften Youth Communities

JM Jungmdel Young Girls League for girls aged ten to fourteen

Jungmdelschaftsfhrerin Young Girls Den Leader

Jungmdelscharfhrerin Young Girls troop leader

Jungsturm Adolf HitlerYouth Storm Troop Adolf Hitler

Kameradschaft comradeships

Kartoffel Kndels potato dumplings

Kynastburg Chojnik Castle

KehlsteinhausEagles Nest located in Obersalzberg, Austria

Kletterjacke fawn-colored BDM climbing jacket

KleinzellGertrude Kerschners hometown, located in Austria

Knign-Luise-Bund Queen Louise League

Kriegegefangenenlager, Offizierstation Prisoner of War Camp for Officers

Lagerfhrerin camp leader

Landdienst Farm Service

Landdienst der Hitler Jugend Hitler Youth County Service Program

Landdienstschar Host Country Service

Landdienst Scharfhrer Rural Service Sergeant

Landdiesnt Lehrhof Model training farm

Landjahr Lager Country Service Camp

Landjahr Lager Fhrerin County Service camp leader

Linzcapital of the state of Upper Austria

Mdel Gruppe the smallest of the regional grouping was the Girls Group (or Jungmdel Group) in the town or village. Each of these groups included four troops or around 160 members total.

Mdel Gruppe Fhrerin Girls Group Leader

Mdel Ring literally means the girls circle or young girls circle. This small regional grouping was made up of four to six girl groups for the Jungmdel (Jungmdel Ring) or three to five girl groups of the BDM, and included between 600 and 800 members. Please note that when the word circle is used in German, it is used in German translations referring to regions. It should be thought of a township with a larger central town with the outlying smaller towns and villages around it.

Mdel Ring Fhrerin Girls Circle Leader

Mdelschafts Fhrerin Girls Appellant Leader

Mdelschar Fhrerin Girls Troop Leader

Mattenklopper carpet beater

National Socialist Frauenschaft (NSF) National Socialist Womens League Leader

Nationalsozialistischer Schlerbund (NSS) National Socialist Schoolchildrens League

NNeidersterreichLower Austria

NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei National Socialist German Workers PartyNazi party