After the Nazi Gleichschaltung in Germany in 1933, the Bund Deutscher Mädel (frequently used in its abbreviated form, BDM) ("League of German Girls") was the all-German party organization for girls between 14 and 18 years of age, as the girls' segment of the Hitler Youth. All other girls' organizations were either absorbed into it or prohibited. The BDM used campfire romanticism, summer camps, folklorism and other suitable means to vigorously indoctrinate girls in the tenets of the Nazi regime, including its traditionalist views of the role of girls and women in family and society. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... The German word Gleichschaltung (literally synchronising, synchronization) is used in a political sense to describe the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control over the individual, and tight coordination over all aspects of society and commerce. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A girl is a female human child, as contrasted to a male child, which is a boy. ... Flag of the Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (named Hitlerjugend in German, abbreviated HJ) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945. ... A campfire. ... This article refers to the wide variety of writing called romantic. For literature from the European Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, see Romanticism: Art and Literature. ... Summer camp, a world-wide phenomenon, is a common destination for children and teenagers during the summer months. ... A tradition is a story or a custom that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a writing system. ... This article is about the domestic group. ...

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See also

• Hitler Youth