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Stamps series "Youth Dedication Day"

03.1943 - Youth Dedication Day
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1843. - young boy and girl with flag.

series in circulation from 26.03.1943 to 01.05.1945
The Hitler Jugend movement was divided into three age groups. First, the "Wölfling" or "apprentice" between five and nine years of age. Second the "Jungvolk" or "Pimpf" between nine and fourteen years of age; these were the lowest rank in the Nazi movement. The actual Hitler Jugend were youths between fourteen and eighteen years of age. Up to this date, the German youth were encouraged to enlist voluntarily, although great pressure was placed on none-members after 1939. On 26th March 1943 it became compulsory for all German children to enlist in the Jugend. These draftees were classed as "Staats Jugend" (State Youth) and were kept separate from the Hitler Jugend proper.