INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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at 15
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at 14
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at 18
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Men of all ages, from 16–60 were conscripted into this army. Children as young as 8 were reported as having been captured by American troops, with boys aged 12 and under manning artillery units. Girls were also being placed in armed combat, operating anti-aircraft, or flak, guns alongside boys.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1936, all “Aryan” children in Germany over the age of six were required to join a Nazi youth group. At ten, boys were initiated into the Jungvolk (Young People), and at 14 they were promoted to the Hitler Youth.
Detailed explanation-3: -All the boys aged over ten joined the youth group called Jungvolk. This was largely done to inculcate the spirit of the Nazi idealogy very early on. They later graduated to the Hitler Youth at the age of fourteen.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 25 March 1939 the law on membership tightened, and it became mandatory for all Germans aged 10 to 18 to join; those who failed to comply were threatened with criminal prosecution, including parents who refused to relinquish control of their youngsters. Gender division was paramount to Nazi strategy.