Explain the nature and purpose of the 'Hitler movement'

... Explain the nature and purpose of the 'Hitler Youth' movement The Hitler Youth Movement was set up in 1926 and the nature of the movement could be described well as scouts but with a political purpose. When the Hitler youth movement was first started, the only difference between the movement and scouts was that it was compulsory! The children had to attend both weekday and weekend meetings. During weekday meetings the children were given political lectures on Nazi idea's and Hitler himself, they also learnt skills which could be put into practice at weekend meetings. The boys would do various sports like boxing, shooting, marching, club throwing (which would be useful later when using the hand grenade), athletics and military exercises such as trench digging, map reading and marching. The boys were also encouraged to play military style war games and team games were also encouraged because it gave the

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