League of German Girls in the Hitler Youth, 1936
Hitler promised young people a bright future in his new Germany.
The 1934 Nazi Party Rally was held in Nuremberg from September 5–10, 1934, and was attended by about 700,000 Nazi Party supporters. Labelled the "Rally of Unity and Strength" (Reichsparteitag der Einheit und Stärke), the Leni Riefenstahl film Triumph of the Will was made at this rally. It was the first rally to feature Albert Speer's Cathedral of light: 152 searchlights that cast vertical beams into the sky around the Zeppelin Field to symbolise the walls of a building.
Albert Speer's Cathedral of Light (Image - Wikipedia)
Hitler was introduced at the rally by Baldur von Schirach, the leader of the Hitler Youth.
Baldur von Schirach, leader of the Hitler Youth, introduces the Führer at the 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally (Image - Youtube).
In his introduction, von Schirach said:
"According to your command, my Führer, a youth stands here – a youth that knows neither class nor caste. The young generation of our people follows after you. Just as you demonstrate the highest self-sacrifice in this Nation, so does this youth wish to be selfless. Because you embody the concept of fidelity for us, therefore we wish to be faithful. Adolf Hitler the leader of the German youth, attention"The Führer then speaks to the Hitler Youth:
"We want to be one people and through you to become this people. We want a society with neither castes nor ranks. And you must not allow these ideas to grow within you. We want to see one Reich! And you must educate yourselves for this. We want this people to be obedient, and you must practice obedience in yourselves. We want this people to be peace-loving, but at the same time to be courageous. And you must, for that reason, be both peace-loving and strong. We want this people not to become soft, but to become hard and, therefore you must steel yourselves for this in your youth. You must learn to accept deprivations without ever giving in. Regardless of whatever we create and do, we shall pass away, but in you, Germany will live on. And when nothing is left of us you will have to hold up the banner which some time ago we raised from nothing. And I know it cannot be otherwise, because you are flesh of our flesh, blood of our blood, and your young minds are filled with the same will that dominates us. You cannot be but united with us. And when the great columns of our movement march victoriously through Germany today, I know that you will join these columns. And we know that Germany is before us, within us, and behind us."
