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On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line. The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls".

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Title
On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line. The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls".
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1940

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Recruiting & enlistment
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Germany
Hitler-Jugend
Boys -- Germany -- 1940-1949
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Am 1. März traten Großdeutschlands "jüngste Rekruten" an. Die Zehnjährigen meldeten sich bei der HJ. zum Eintritt in das Deutsche Jungvolk und die Jungmädelschaft."
Content: There was more to this than youthful patriotism. All German children had to enroll in the Hitler Youth, with their parents subject to punishment if they didn't.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 079a4ea0-c602-012f-1511-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1940: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line. The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls"." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c6-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line. The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls"." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c6-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line. The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls". Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c6-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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On March 1st Greater Germany's "youngest recruits" fell into line.  The 10-year-olds reported to the Hitler Youth to enter the "German Young Folk" and the "League of Young Girls".