Adolf Hitler March of German Youth
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Adolf Hitler March of German Youth was a yearly pilgrimage of some 2,000 Hitler Youth (HJ) from all parts of the Reich to the Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, where they marched with flags past Hitler in a huge parade. Some groups covered as many as 800 km (490 miles). The HJ goal of "combat readiness" (German: Wehrhaftmachung) underlay the watchword given the youth by Reich Youth Führer Baldur von Schirach:
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We are marching to the Führer — if he wishes, we will also march for him.
After 1937, the march was extended beyond Nuremberg to Landsberg am Lech, where the viewing of Hitler's prison cell crowned the program.
Bibliography
- Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Macmillan, New York. ISBN 0-02-897502-2
