Growing Up Female in Nazi Germany

APPENDIX A: The Structure of the Hitler Youth

APPENDIX A The Structure of the Hitler Youth Reich Youth Leadership (salaried leadership corps) (within the Reich there were about thirty-‹ve Gebiete or Obergaue) Obergau region Gau district Untergau subdistrict Ring battalion Gruppe company Schar platoon Schaft squad Hitler Youth League of German Girls Gebiet Obergau (encompassing around (encompassing around twenty Banne) twenty Untergaue) Bann Untergau (four to six Stämme and four (four to six Mädelringe and to six Jungstämme) four to six Jungmädelringe) HJ DJ BDM JM Stamm Jungstamm Mädelring Jungmädelring Gefolgschaft Fähnlein Mädelgruppe Jungmädelgruppe Schar Jungzug Mädelschar Jungmädelschar Kameradschaft Jungenschaft Mädelschaft Jungmädelschaft (Every unit included four of the lower units. For example, every Mädelring had four Mädelgruppen, every Mädelgruppe had four Mädelscharen, every Mädelschar had four Mädelschaften, and every Mädelschaft had between ten and ‹fteen members.) DJ: boys ages ten to fourteen HJ: boys ages fourteen to eighteen JM: girls ages ten to fourteen BDM: girls ages fourteen to eighteen (and up to twenty-one) 253 ...