BDM Werk Glaube und Schönheit

The organization Faith and Beauty was a sub-organization of the League of German Girls ( BDM) and thus the Hitler Youth. She was therefore part of the National Socialist education system. The object of the organization was to close the time gap between the upper age limit of BDM (18 years ) and the age for admission of the National Socialist Women (21 years) and to prevent slipping this age group from the access of state and party into private life.

The organization

Faith and Beauty was founded only in 1938 by the Reich Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach, after consultation with the Assistant to the Reich BDM Jutta Rüdiger. For representative for the BDM -Werk appointed by the Reich Youth Leader Clementine zu Castell -Rüdenhausen.

Faith and beauty was their parent organizations BDM and HJ organized as according to districts and was led by the leader principle. By law, the membership was voluntary, but actually complete volumes from the BDM were taken in faith and beauty outlets put the Leaking and their parents ( the age of majority was 21 years ) suspected of opposition setting. The overlap of the member with the obligatory age on September 4, 1939 Reichsarbeitsdienst of female youth increased the pressure on young people, not to escape the organization.

Content of the training

The substantive work of faith and beauty was aligned with the political purpose of the organization. It was done in joint ventures, which outside of working hours of trainees took place once a week, to enable them to participate. Sports, dance or courses for personal hygiene should keep the young women as future " German mothers young " healthy. Working groups, mediated knowledge in the health service, communications or in the air raid, the young women prepared that they took appropriate actions in case of war, in order to indemnify men for the war effort.

Resolution

The organization Faith and Beauty was banned and dissolved as a subdivision of the Hitler Youth after the war, by the Control Council Law No. 2, their assets seized.

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