Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to inspire loyaly to the Marines and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
- Artwork Title
- Unsere Wehrmacht Teil II: Kriegsmarine W 15 [Our Armed Forces Part II: The Marines]
- Series Title
- Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the HJ]
- Date
-
creation:
approximately 1936-approximately 1940
- Geography
-
creation:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gitlin
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Reichsjugendfuhrung Presse- und Propagandaamt
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio-visual materials
- Object Type
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Filmstrips (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description
- a. Rolled 35mm filmstrip.
b. Short, gray textured paper covered cardboard container tube with an open top. The sides curve under at the bottom edge to secure a white round cardboard insert. A rectangular white paper label with the title in German fraktur printed in black ink is adhered to the side; it is detached on the right. The interior has a brown cardboard sleeve with semi-circular openings on either side.
c. Small, circular gray textured paper covered cardboard lid with a slightly recessed top. The Hitler Youth emblem, a black swastika within a red and white diamond, with German text around the border are printed in black ink on the top. There are pencil marks on the emblem. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
c: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) - Materials
- a : cellulose acetate, emulsion
b : cardboard, paper, adhesive, ink
c : cardboard, paper, ink - Inscription
- b. side, on label, black ink : Unsere Wehrmacht (bold) Teil II W 15 [Our Armed Forces Part II W 15]
c. top, around edge, black ink : Bildband für die Schulung in der HJ. [Filmstrip for Training in the HJ.]
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The filmstrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Susan Gitlin.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:42:27
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36074
Also in Susan Gitlin collection
The collection consists of filmstrips and a selection of manuals produced by the Hitler Youth Leadership to instruct and indoctrinate Hitler Youth members in the ideology of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Date: 1936-1940
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the German Air Force
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to inspire loyaly to the Luftwaffe [Air Force] and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory for chidren between ten and seventeen on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the war in Poland
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain why Germany had to invade Poland on September 1, 1939. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister on the need to merge this area of Poland into the Third Reich
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain that Germany must annex this region of Poland because it had a large population of ethnic Germans. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the expansion of the Third Reich
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to incite loyalty and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the battle for Norway
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups about the 1940 fight for Norway and the need to continue to expand the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the German Air Force
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to inspire loyaly and patriotism for the Luftwaffe [German Air Force] and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the English threat to the Third Reich
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups about the continuing fight against Great Britian to secure the future of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister featuring an illustrated cautionary folk tale
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups featuring a cautionary folk tale about a raven named Hans Huckebein. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister explaining the burden of hereditary diseases on society
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to educate members about the cost to German society of caring for people with hereditary diseases and the reasons for state sponsored euthanasia. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister explaining the need for eastward expansion of the German Reich
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to educate members about the need and the absolute right of the Third Reich to expand eastward. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the campaign in Flanders
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to educate members about Germany's 1940 offensive campaign against Belgium and France. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister explaining ethnic threats to Germany racial purity
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to educate members about threats to Germany racial purity and the need for ethnic cleansing in Eastern Europe. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the German Armed Forces
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to inspire loyaly to the Armed Forces and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s, Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the Hitler Youth]. The filmstrips were distributed to local Hitler Youth chapters to show at gatherings and to use as propaganda to recruit members and disseminate the teachings of the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the Luftwaffe corps who fought for the Fascists in Spain
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups about the exploits of the Condor Legion, an air division that supported the Fascists in the Spanish Civil war, 1936-1939. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the German Navy
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to inspire loyaly to the Marines and devotion to the continued expansion of the Third Reich. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the war in Poland
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain why Germany had to invade Poland, on September 1, 1939. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about ethnic Germans in the Sudetenland
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups about the contributions made to the war effort by the ethnic Germans in the annexed Sudetenland. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational filmstrip with lidded canister about the war in Poland
Object
Propaganda filmstrip shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain why Germany had to invade Poland on September 1, 1939. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German conquest of France
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about Germany's May 1940 successful offensive campaign against France. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German conquest of northern Europe
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about Germany's May 1940 offensive against Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German conquest of northern Europe
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about Germany's May 1940 offensive against Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German Army
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about the German Army. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German Navy
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about the Marines. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstripabout the German Air Force
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about the Luftwaffe [Air Force.] The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the English threat to the Third Reich
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about the continuing fight against Great Britian to secure the future of the Third Reich. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the English threat to the Third Reich
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups about the continuing fight against Great Britian to secure the future of the Third Reich. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the campaign in Poland
Object
Propaganda pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip that was shown to Hitler Youth groups to explain why Germany had to invade Poland on September 1, 1939. The pamphlet has numbered paragraphs that correspond to an image in the filmstrip. Filmstrips had no sound and the text would be read aloud when the film was projected. The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership produced a series of 35mm filmstrips in the late 1930s for distribution to Hitler Youth chapters. They were shown at gatherings and used to recruit and indoctrinate members in the ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
Cardboard case for storing Hitler Youth instructional filmstrips and pamphlets
Object
Cardboard organizing case for the filmstrips and pamphlets distributed to Hitler Youth groups by The Propaganda Office of the Reich Youth Leadership. The office produced a series of 35mm filmstrips and pamphlets in the late 1930s, Bildband fur die Schulung in der HJ [Filmstrip for Training in the Hitler Youth]. They were distributed to local Hitler Youth chapters to use at gatherings and as propaganda to recruit members and disseminate the teachings of the Nazi Party. On December 1, 1936, the Reich Youth Leadership, under Baldur von Schirach, became an autonomous organization accountable only to Hitler. Membership in the Hitler Youth became mandatory on March 25, 1939.
