Hitler Youth educational pamphlet to accompany a filmstrip about the German conquest of France

Identifier
irn36079
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.502.1.20
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)

Creator(s)

Archival History

The pamphlet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Susan Gitlin.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gitlin

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

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.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Rectangular, light brown paper booklet with German fraktur text printed in black ink. The cover page has a large title and a smaller series title in the upper center; below is an inverted black triangle. There are 21 interior pages with single spaced educational text and 9 pages with image numbers, 1-36, with text to be read during the corresponding film projection; some text is in bold font. The back page has publication information at the bottom. There are 32 pages in total. It is bound with two metal staples. The upper right edge of the cover is torn.

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