Hitler Youth

Never has a generation been so completely taken over by a totalitarian state as was the case in Hitler's Third Reich. At the age of 10 children joined the Jungvolk movement, at 14 they joined the Hitler Youth, and at 18 they joined the party, the Wehrmacht, the SA or the SS.

This mini-series takes place between 1933 and 1939 in a small German town and basically tells the stories of three families (local Nazi leader, Social-democratic musician and Jewish merchant). The film shows very vivid how the political developments, home evenings and Hitler youth infiltration insidiously affect the lives of all. Values and attitudes change through seduction and reprisals. Children and youth are shown as perpetrators and victims at the same time.

From its beginnings for Aryan youth, blindly adopting the directorship of Hitler, it grew throughout Nazi Europe until its sudden collapse with Hitler's death.