Were the HJ present at the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937? Thanks 
Were the HJ present at the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937?
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I wouldn't have thought so because by then and during 1937 many scouting formations had already been banned or were in the process of being banned by the RJF. I could be wrong but I would think it extremely unlikely that there were HJ at the Jamboree.
I don't think there were German scouts at the 1937 Jamboree, as scouting in Germany had been forbidden by the Nazi Party.
In January 1933, before the takeover by the Nazi Party, the Hitler Youth had expressed its hostility to Scouting, claiming that it alone could represent the youth of Germany.
On the 17th of June, 1933, the Großdeutche Bund, a federation of many youth movements including a dozen Scout Movements was prohibited.
On the 26th of May, 1934, a decree forbade the Reichschaft deutscher Pfadfinder, another federation of Scout Movements. The decree stated that the federation "had become a place of refuge for the young enemies of the new state."
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In January 1933, before the takeover by the Nazi Party, the Hitler Youth had expressed its hostility to Scouting, claiming that it alone could represent the youth of Germany.
On the 17th of June, 1933, the Großdeutche Bund, a federation of many youth movements including a dozen Scout Movements was prohibited.
On the 26th of May, 1934, a decree forbade the Reichschaft deutscher Pfadfinder, another federation of Scout Movements. The decree stated that the federation "had become a place of refuge for the young enemies of the new state."
Source: The Scout Movement victim of the Nazi regime | World Scouting "THE SCOUT MOVEMENT VICTIM OF THE NAZI REGIME"
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A few former Boy Scout leaders and some former members of the German youth movement visited the last pre war Jamboree in 1937.
They traveled as tourists to the Netherlands, or had left Germany earlier and were living in France, Belgium or ne Netherlands by 1937.
They did not show up in any German Scout uniform, since the were some Germans around who were suspected to work for the Gestapo.
In the Gestapo files an interview of one German visitor of the Jamboree can be found. There was no German contingent officially invited.
No Germans are mentioned in the official publications of the time. Some publications are in German for Swiss and Austrian visitors.
There is even an official camp-booklet in German. (Besides a Dutch, a French and an English edition). And no, no HJ invited for sure.
They traveled as tourists to the Netherlands, or had left Germany earlier and were living in France, Belgium or ne Netherlands by 1937.
They did not show up in any German Scout uniform, since the were some Germans around who were suspected to work for the Gestapo.
In the Gestapo files an interview of one German visitor of the Jamboree can be found. There was no German contingent officially invited.
No Germans are mentioned in the official publications of the time. Some publications are in German for Swiss and Austrian visitors.
There is even an official camp-booklet in German. (Besides a Dutch, a French and an English edition). And no, no HJ invited for sure.