Figure 1.--Here we have a snapshot portrait of the Kipping family in 1933. We are not ure if it was taken in the Spfing or fall. This of course was a very significant date, Afolf Hitler was appointed chancellor (January 1933). And many changes began very rapidly. Arthur Kipping and his wife Johanna are pictured with their two sons (11 years) and (14 years). This means that both would be drawn into the maelstrom is of World war II. The older boy is pictured in his Hitler Youth uniform. Membership was not yet mandatory. This means that he was attracted to the movement or his father was impressed with the movement. Note that the father does not wear NAZI pin, so the former may be the case. This is confirmed by gthe fact that the younger boy has not yet joined.

Here we have a snapshot portrait of the Kipping family in 1933. We are not ure if it was taken in the Spfing or fall. This of course was a very significant date, Afolf Hitler was appointed chancellor (January 1933). And many changes began very rapidly. Arthur Kipping and his wife Johanna are pictured with their two sons (11 years) and (14 years). This means that both would be drawn into the maelstrom is of World war II. The older boy is pictured in his Hitler Youth (HJ) uniform. Membership was not yet mandatory. This means that he was attracted to the movement or his father was impressed with the movement. Note that the father does not wear NAZI pin, so the former may be the case. This is confirmed by gthe fact that the younger boy has not yet joined. He wears brown cotton long stockings with the uniform--not officially part of it but commonly worn in the early years and in rural areas because German boys often wore long stockings to school with their ordinary civilian clothes. His younger brother is in normal school clothes with a sweater (with zipper at the neck), short trousers, and black long stockings with woolen anklets as additional protection. Anklets were often worn over long stockings in Germany as part of a sporty, hiking style that was widely popular with both boys and girls. Arthur Kipping, the father, was a teacher and educational director in his region, Hermsdorf, Germany. Presumably the parents were enthusiastic supporters of Adolf Hitler. Hitler and the NAZIs were very suspicious of the school system when they seized power. An early priority was to NAZIify Germany's very fine educational establishment. An orduinary teacher could usually keep his post by keeping his mouth shut and going along with instructions. This was not the case with school administrators. they were subjected to greater scrutiny and expected to denonmstate a degree of commitment to the Party. Some teachers were avid NAZIs. Others were anti NAZIS. The NAZIs were promoted. The anti-NAZIs were dimissed or even arrested depending on how actively politicallhy they had been. Many if not most teachers were apolitical. It is posible that having his son join the HJ was a step taken by Herr Kipping to build his NAZI credentials.

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