Figure 9.--Here we have a group of boys doing a gymnastict stunt. They are almost certainly German and the photograph must have been taken in the 1930s. We assume that it was taken in the early 1930s before the NAZI take over. They do not appear to be Hitler Youth boys because they have colored scarves, white shirts, and their shorts are not black.

Here we have a group of boys doing a gymnastict stunt. They are almost certainly German and the photograph must have been taken in the 1930s. We assume that it was taken in the early 1930s before the NAZI take over. They do not appear to be Hitler Youth boys because they have colored scarves, white shirts, and their shorts are not black. Germany before the NAZIs had a very active youth movement. In addition to the Hitler Youth and Boy Scouts there were many other youth groups with both political and relgious affliiastions. Presumbably these boys belong to one of those groups. Once the NAZIs took over, other youth groups were either banned or absorbed into the Hitler Youth. Most of this took place quickly, although the Catholic youth movement mintained its independence for a few years.