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We have been unanle to acquire much information about the chronological development of summer camping in Germany. This is undoubtedly because we are unable to access German-language material. Hopefully our German readers will provide some additional information to help further our understanding. Wandervogel helped make hiking and camping a popular national passtime. As far as know, however, this was liking or rambling in the country side rather than at a fixed location owned by the rather informal Wandervogel organization. We note images of German boys at camps before World War I (1914-18). There were facilities at these camps. Not all of them relied solely on tents. We note barracks like structures, but no showers. We also note German camps in the 1920s operated by a wide varietyof youth groups, although we have few details. Much better known is the Hitler Youth (HJ) summer camp program beginnng during the NAZI Third Rich (1933-45). The NAZIs in 1933 abolished most other youth groups besides the HJ and seized their propery. The HJ proceeded to launch a comprehensive summer camp program for every Aryan German boy without regards to the ability of his family to pay. After World War II (1939-45) both the Boy Scouts and other groups in West Germany and the Young Pioneers in East Germany had a smmer camping program. Only the Young Pioneer Program was available to all boys and girls regardless of family income. West Germany hd no free summer camp program, but rising income levels meant most boys could attend summr camp. Th Boy Scouts had the best known program. We believe that three were other summer camps in Germany, including private camps, but we have few detals.
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