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In 1942 Reichsjugendführer Axmann authorised the Artamanen badge for wear on the HJ uniform (left breast pocket beneath the party badge) for former members of the NS Bund der Artamanen and the Bund Artamanen.. It was an act of recognition for the work of the Artamanen movement. Good badge...

Jungmädelring I Bayreuth BDM membership card NSDStB NSDAP Kameradschaft Obermeier temporary membership card Hitler-Jugend Standort Hof, Ehrenkarte für verdienstvolle Arbeit in der Hitler-Jugend Mitgliedsausweis für den Bund deutscher Mädel in der Hitler-Jugend Obergau 18 Franken Look at this!

Was looking through a mid-1935 copy of the BDM magazine 'Das deutsche Mädel' today and came across a little section containing a couple of letters from BDM members in Madrid and Shanghai who were corresponding with BDM back in the Reich. Thought it might be of interest to some of you so I...

I think the girl on the far right waving at the 49-50 second mark is adorable. Hope she survived the war and lived a long life. Admin edit: unfortunately syndication of that clip has been restricted by the owner so can't be added to the media library Don.

Here's a nice Hoffmann shot taken at the Potsdam rally in October 1932 showing BDM girls in the early uniform. It was not particularly well-liked and the girls were happy to see the back of it as mentioned here...

Text deleted See Garry's link in post #2 below .

I bought this cart for my Christmas, it arrived today. The cost price is very crazy, but it has been of long years since I look for this cart , in my opinion it is one of the two rarer art-postcard of BDM ! :france

Just registered here as I thought this might be a more focused place to seek information on an item of insignia I posted over at the WAF. The triangle is on a black badge cloth, is about 102.7mm wide by 53mm high and the embroidery is in gold colored cotton thread (not bullion or celleon) and...

Hallo, What do you think of this jacket?

heres some of my collection...

Do you know the number of JM and BDM during the period ? Best regards Jean-Marie

Although there was no compulsory membership until 1939 there was certaiinly pressure placed on parents to get their children involved in the HJ as we know and I came across this 1935 letter from an Ortsgruppenleiter to an SA man which spells out the reality in clear terms: It is noted that you...

Introduction The history of the BDM to 1936 The article that I'm translating here was originally published in a 1936 copy of the BDM magazine 'Das deutsche Mädel'. When this was written only 6 years had passed since the rudimentary BDM had begun to form and so the events of the recent past...

This is an interesting site with some good photos of German American Bund youth and a great photo of a Jugendschaft Fahne. German American Bund

Is there anything that "jumps" to any of you, regarding this BDM jacket? I believe that the insignia is sewn post war, but I believe it to be correct showing the Gau Bayerische Ostmark triangle, and leaders lanyard It's devoid of any RZM labels, but all the buttons are correctly marked (one is...

and one more document with the rune "Wolfsangel". The "Jungnationale Bund" was taken over with the synchromesh of all youngster in the HJ. The Document is from 1921/22. greeting atze

Arrived in the post today: BDM Führerausweis The ladies name was Agnes singer born 23-8-1920 and she was a member of BDM Untergau 114 Konstanz, Mädelring IV/114 Singen steve

The difference between Landjahr and Landdienst is most simply put as follows: Landdienst = permanent staff Landjahr = seasonal workers Landdienst The origin of what would later become the Landdienst der HJ can be traced as far back as the industrialisation of the German economy at the end of...

The first attempt to create a youth section within the NSDAP was the short-lived Jugendbund der NSDAP. The initial impulse came from Adolf Lenk, a piano maker from Munich who had joined the NSDAP aged 18 in 1921. He began to recruit boys aged between 14 and 18 for his 'Jungsturm Adolf Hitler'...