Figure 1.--Here we see an unidentified German Scout troop some time in the early 1930s. We are not sure about the precise date. Neither do we know just wht assiciation is pictured here. There were many different Scout associatioins with various uniforms. The boys' names are written on the back of thge snapshot. Click on the image to see them. There is also '30' written, but we are not sure that means 1930.

As in many other European countries, separate Scout associations were fornmed by different groups, primarily on religious lines. Germany had a mixed religious makeup. Protestats dominted the north and Catholics the south. There were both secular geroups with mixed memberships as well as exclusive denominational groups. The Caholic Scout assocition appears to have been the largest. We note a Mormon (LDS) association. LDS Scouter Helmuth Günther Hübener (1925–42) would be one of the youngest NAZI opponents to be sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof and executed. There was a Jewish associstions. There were also some ethnic associations such as Polish Scouts. Imperial Germany included large areas in the east with lsrgely Polish populstions as well as areas of mixed Polishg-German populations. (This of coirse is the result of the 18th century Polish Partitions. Some if these areas under the Versailles Treaty became part of the new Polish Republic, but during the Prussian and Imperial Eras there had been considerable mixing. Many Poles mifrated west to work in the coal mines and factories of the Ruhr. Some of the German Scout associsations were very small. We do not, however, have much information on the various associstions. We have been able to find information on the modern associations, but very little on the assoicuations during the Weimar era. This continues to be the case in Germany today. We are not sure, however, how many of the modern associatuins are contunuations of the associations operating during the Weimar era.