Figure 1.--Here we see three unidentified German children in the 1930s. The two girls have pigtails. The boy has cropped hair, but with a tuft of longer hair at the front. They are obviously siblingd. |
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German boys by the 1930s were wearing hair long enough to comb. We only note side parts. Cropped hair was no longer a widely popular stylerl-20th century. The cropped cuts did not entirely disappear. We do, however, see some boys in the early-30s with cropped hair in classes, depending in part on age. Some boys had a cropped cut that left some hair a little longer at the front. Cropped hair was not a style approved by the NAZIs for schools or the Hitler Youth during the 1930s, although the NAZIs reimposed military conscription. A miliatry cut with hair of normal length on top, but quite short at the back and sides was the standard. The actual length varied from family to famnily. This is called a short back and sides in Britain. I'm not sure what it was called in Germany. Many boys haled short back and sides which left the hair long enough to comb on top. This style the NAZIs did approve of in a general sence. There were no acrtual rules, although some schools did have rules. Excpt for a few younger boys, you do not see boys with long hair. Thiuntriues as well, although in the United States and some other countries, hair length tended to be longer than in Germany. We see it very commonly in the 1930s, worn by both boys and men. We see more boys wearing bangs in the 1930s and this was a major style in the second half of the century.
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