The Nazi solicited from its youth the desire to distinguish itself, to accomplish exploits beyond the common order and beyond nature. The Nazi Party, thanks to the young men of the S.S., of the S.D., and of the Gestapo, would accomplish in the field of criminality what no other sane person could imagine You shouldn't associate the "Hitler Jugend" with the criminal divisions you state. The Hitler Youth didn't start out as part of the Nazi War Machine....but eventually was incorporated as a means of necessity...they started out doing rebuilding projects and farming and the likes...not as brain washed killers....
The Hitler Youth (HJ) movement only began in 1926, for boys and girls ages 14-18. Each group had divisions for younger children since Hitler wanted to ensure that all children were directly involved with his efforts to create his superior German race. Each of which needed to prove their true German blood by tracing back their lineage as far as they could. Obviously no one with any Jewish blood was allowed to infiltrate the group. were brainwashed with Nazi ideology. They were taught about the superior race and the highly inferior race and learned to hate at a very early age. They were made to believe that they were better than everyone else; therefore The Hitler Youth Movement gave them an extreme amount of power, and were easily encouraged to turn in their parents for treason and beat people on the street who did not agree with their Nazi policies. Worst of all they turned on their friends and family.
The weaker were brainwashed, yes; but several resistance groups formed as an alternative to the Hitler Youth such as the Edelweiss pirates and defied Hitler and wrote "Down with Hitler" on walls and buildings.
The latter would carry the badge of being "honorable"; not those that stayed with the Hitler Youth Movement.