The League of German Girls or the Band of German Maidens was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. It was the only legal female youth organization in Nazi Germany.
Members of the BDM, 1935
Hitler Youth and BDM in China, 1935
Berlin girls of the BDM, haymaking, 1939
BDM, gymnastics performance, 1941
The Hitler Youth was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name Hitler-Jugend, Bund deutscher Arbeiterjugend in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organisation in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organisation. It was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth for younger boys aged 10 to 14.
Hitler Youth members give the Nazi salute at a rally at the Lustgarten in Berlin, 1933.
Members of the Hitler Youth chosen by the NSDAP Office of Racial Policy
Uniform from the 1930s
Hitlerjugend camp in China in 1935, with permission of the Government of the Republic of China