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Hitler felt that the children were the backbone to the success of the Nazi party. He knew the children would follow him without question, and by 1933 the Hitler Youth had gone from being a branch of the Nazi political party to being the Third Reich's official youth organization.
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German youth could join the Hitler Youth beginning at the age of 10. The organization was divided into two categories, one for members ages 10-14 and the other for members 14-18. The organizational structure was based on a military model, with squads, platoons, and companies.
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Seigfried Widmar ... recalls that "the Hitler Youth had the goals of paramilitary training, political harassment and theory by the hour, Hitler ideology. To bring about the acceptance of new ideas and concepts you have to get into the minds of the second generation. Only he [Hitler] didn't last that long."
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