[Berlin_Freeper]

In a question and answer session following Meinecke’s talk, audience members saw modern shadows of the Hitler Youth movement in a wide and contradictory range of current situations, from the anti-Semitic educational materials Hamas uses to teach Palestinian youth about Jews and Israel, to “the cult of personality” surrounding President Barack Obama, to gang violence in inner-city America, to child soldiers in Africa.

[Citizen Soldier]

My father was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and my grandfather was an immigrant from Poland, and when Daddy was young a group of men came to the door who wanted to send him to a “nice camp”. My grandfather showed them the bottom of his shoe up their butts. Daddy said it was a Hitler Youth program they wanted him in.

[NativeNewYorker]

The Nazis believed that childhood loyalty could form the basis of a “thousand-year Reich,” and promoted an inclusive system of propaganda. Ideas about blind obedience to the state appear in toys and extend to textbooks and lesson plans.

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Participation quickly became mandatory.

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Hitler Youth activities became increasingly regimented, taking children from their parents for long stretches and forcing children into strict and repetitive daily routines.

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[Vigilanteman]

This sounds like an exhibit that all of us in the Pittsburgh area should see while it is here. The contact is spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org , TEL 412-421-1500.

I'm vaguely familiar with Squirrel Hill but do not know the location of the Kaufmann Building. Do you?