(Regarding the 12. SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend.) “To recruit potential soldiers, Waffen-SS officers visited the Reich Labor Service camps. There, they picked the best among thousands of teenage boys fulfilling their compulsory labor service. They told the boys about the joy and excitement of combat. They promised the boys that they could advance through the ranks and become officers. The Nazis also recruited qualified boys during Hitler Youth meetings and roll calls, often without their parents’ consent.” and additionally “New SS-HJ recruits were supposed to be volunteers, and most boys joined willingly. But others were tricked or coerced. In some instances, the SS told the boys to sign papers to verify personal information. Afterward, the boys discovered that they had signed themselves into the SS.” (Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.: Hitler Youth. Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. Scholastic. 555 Broadway, New York, US. 2005. p. 131)

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