Hitler Youth Uniform Hosiery: Long Stockings--Prevalence

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A few German boys wore long stockings with there Hitler Youth uniform, mostly the younger DJ boys. We do see the younger DJ boys wearing long stockings. They were, however, not very common. We do see some individual exceptions, presumably mothers that were concerned that their boys dress warmly. Much rarer are whole units wearing long stokings. We do see a few examples in the photographic record, but not very many. Some mothers were especially insistant that children dress warmly in cold weather. Notably, the images we note of boys wearing long stockings with their Hitler Youth uniforms are family snapshots and not group photographs where the boys might have had an inspection. We note very few photographs of Hitler Youth groups with boys wearing long stockings. This suggests to us that the HJ leaders discouraged boys from wearing them with their uniform, especially after the first few cyears of NAZI rule. Such phenomenon do not occur bu\y accident. Long stockings were very common for both boys and girls during the 1930s. The prevalence of boys wearing them with their uniform is much less common in the photographic record.