{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-large-hj-national-youth-organization-flag-removed-from-building-with-period-repairs-67-x-89","title":"Original German WWII Large HJ National Youth Organization Flag Removed from Building with Period Repairs - 67\" x 89\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice \"service worn\" example of a WWII German Large HJ National Youth Association, which really looks like it has \"been there\"! The flag measures approximately \u003cstrong\u003e67\" x 89\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (5.59ft. x 7.42ft.), and is a double sided multi-piece design. Each side has an HJ diamond with a printed \u003cem\u003eswas\u003c\/em\u003e (hook cross), attached to the three piece body of the flag. A flag of this large size might have been flown during parades or battle, but the story we got about this flag was that it was removed from the side of a building by USGIs, where it had hung for some time. We unfortunately do not have any further information regarding where it came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flag shows tears and damage from use, and has staining to the fabric consistent with use outdoors. There are also multiple repairs, with fabric being grafted in to repair tears, and there is a large tear near the header, which itself is quite damaged, either from service or from when it was torn down. \"Worn\" items such as these were often overlooked by USGI's bringing back mementos, so they are somewhat harder to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine WW2 German large size HJ Youth flag in great service worn condition, ready to display! This would be perfect on a wall behind some German WWII items!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAH believed German youth to be the future of his 3rd Reich. The HJ \u003cem\u003eAH Jugend or HJ\u003c\/em\u003e) was formed officially in 1935, and with the exception of NSDAP ideology indoctrination was very similar to the Boy Scouts. Beginning at about the age of ten years, both boys (\u003cem\u003eAH Jugend\u003c\/em\u003e) and girls (\u003cem\u003eBund Deutscher Mädel\u003c\/em\u003e) were enlisted in the Party-run organization. The The \u003cem\u003eDeutsches Jungvolk\u003c\/em\u003e (DJ) was the junior branch of the HJ, for boys aged 10 to 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory of the HJ National Youth Organization:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1922, the Munich-based NSDAP established its official youth organization called Jugendbund der NSDAP. It was announced on 8 March 1922 in the Völkischer Beobachter, and its inaugural meeting took place on 13 May the same year. Another youth group was established in 1922 as the Jungsturm Adolf “AH”. Based in Munich, Bavaria, it served to train and recruit future members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the main paramilitary wing of the NSDAP Party at that time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne reason the HJ so easily developed was that regimented organizations, often focused on politics, for young people and particularly adolescent boys were a familiar concept to German society in the Weimar Republic. Numerous youth movements existed across Germany prior to and especially after World War I. They were created for various purposes. Some were religious and others were ideological, but the more prominent ones were formed for political reasons, like the Young Conservatives and the Young Protestants. Once AH came onto the revolutionary scene, the transition from seemingly innocuous youth movements to political entities focused on AH was swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the abortive Beer Hall Putsch (in November 1923), NSDAP youth groups ostensibly disbanded, but many elements simply went underground, operating clandestinely in small units under assumed names. In April 1924, the Jugendbund der NSDAP was renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement). On 4 July 1926, the Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung was officially renamed HJ Bund der deutschen Arbeiterjugend (HJ League of German Worker Youth). This event took place a year after the NSDAP Party was reorganised. The architect of the re-organization was Kurt Gruber, a law student from Plauen in Saxony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short power struggle with a rival organization—Gerhard Roßbach's Schilljugend—Gruber prevailed and his \"Greater German Youth Movement\" became the NSDAP Party's official youth organisation. In July 1926, it was renamed H -Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend (\"H” Youth, League of German Worker Youth\") and, for the first time, it officially became an integral part of the SA. The name H -Jugend was taken up on the suggestion of Hans Severus Ziegler. By 1930, the Hjugend (HJ) had enlisted over 25,000 boys aged 14 and upward. They also set up a junior branch, the Deutsches Jungvolk (DJ), for boys aged 10 to 14. Girls from 10 to 18 were given their own parallel organization, the League of German Girls (BDM).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 1932, Chancellor Heinrich Brüning banned the H Youth movement in an attempt to stop widespread political violence. However, in June, Brüning's successor as Chancellor, Franz von Papen, lifted the ban as a way of appeasing “AH”, the rapidly ascending political star. A further significant expansion drive started in 1933, after Baldur von Schirach was appointed by H as the first Reichsjugendführer (Reich Youth Leader). All youth organizations were brought under Schirach's control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44998429933637,"sku":"ONSV26GTGS039","price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONSV26GTGS039__01.jpg?v=1778651157","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-large-hj-national-youth-organization-flag-removed-from-building-with-period-repairs-67-x-89","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}