Reichsjugendführer
Highest paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reichsjugendführer ("National Youth Leader") was the highest paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth.[1] On 30 October 1931, Hitler appointed Baldur von Schirach as the Reich Youth Leader of the Nazi Party.[2] In 1933, after the Nazi seizure of state power, all youth organizations in Germany were brought under Schirach's control[3][4] and he was designated the Jugendführer des Deutschen Reiches on 17 June.[5] When Schirach was named Gauleiter of the Reichsgau Vienna on 8 August 1940, Artur Axmann succeeded him as Reichsjugendführer.[6] Axmann had served as Schirach's deputy since 1 May 1940.
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National Youth Leader | |
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Reichsjugendführer | |
Nazi Party | |
Status | Abolished |
Abbreviation | RJF |
Member of | Hitler Youth |
Appointer | Führer of the NSDAP |
Formation | 1931 |
First holder | Baldur von Schirach |
Final holder | Artur Axmann |
Abolished | 1945 |
Deputy | Stabsführer |
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