Hitler Youth Flags

Figure 1.--We do not see many HJ boys with national flags. It is the black and whire single rune banner that we mostly see. We only occassionally see HJ boys with flags. It is interesting that the single rune black and white flag is what we see most commonly. And we rarely see the boys carrying the national flag. We can only speculate as to how this was preceived or interrpreted by the boys. But like the oath soen by the Whermacht, this essentially meant was that the boys were being taught that their loyalty was not to the German people and nation, but to Hitler and the NAZI Party.

We do not see many HJ boys with flags. It is the blavck and whire single rune banner that we mostly see. We only occassionally see HJ boys with flags. We do not see them with the tri-color flag of the German Republic. This was the national flag before the NAZI take over (January 1933) and for more than 2 years after they were in control of Gerrmany Hitler of course heavily criticized the Weimar Republic and its association with the World War I Versailles Treaty. Interestingly, we also do not see the boys carrting the swastica flag, even adter 1935 when it became the official German flag. This is rather curious given the hyper-nationalism of the NAZIs. We note that often the single rune banner was the only banner or flag that the HJ units consistently carried. We do note the swastica flag flying at HJ camps at a central flag pole, but it was very rarely carried at HJ events. Somewhat more common was the red and white HJ flag which include the swatical in the center, but even this was mot all that common. We note some other flags that we can not identify. But the single rune blavl and white flag is what we see most commonly. What this essentially meant was that the boys were being taught that their loyalty was not to Germaay, but to Hitler and the NAZI Party.

Prevalence

We do not see many HJ boys with national flags. It is the black and whire single rune banner that we mostly see. We only occassionally see HJ boys with flags.

Specific Flags

We do not see Hitler Youth boys with the tri-color flag of the German Republic. This was the national flag before the NAZI take over (January 1933) and for more than 2 years after they were in control of Gerrmany Hitler of course heavily criticized the Weimar Republic and its association with the World War I Versailles Treaty. Interestingly, we also do not see the boys carrting the swastica flag, even adter 1935 when it became the official German flag. This is rather curious given the hyper-nationalism of the NAZIs. We note that often the single rune banner was the only banner or flag that the HJ units consistently carried. We do note the swastica flag flying at HJ camps at a central flag pole, but it was very rarely carried at HJ events. Somewhat more common was the red and white HJ flag which include the swatical in the center, but even this was mot all that common. We note some other flags that we can not identify. Hopefully our readers will be able to help isentify sone of these flags.

Importance

It is interesting that the single rune black and white flag is what we see most commonly. And we rarely see the boys carrying the national flag. We can only speculate as to how this was preceived or interrpreted by the boys. But like the oath soen by the Whermacht, this essentially meant was that the boys were being taught that their loyalty was not to the German people and nation, but to Hitler and the NAZI Party.