WWII HYO timeline

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    Hitler Youth Organization

    overall span of time in which this organization was in existence
  • Baldur Von Schirach becomes director of HYO

    He became the director at this point in time
  • HYO reaches 2,000,000 members

    30% were youth aged 10-18
  • Hitler Youth Startup

    The beginning of the organization. The HYO had approximately 100,000 members by January 1933.
  • The HYO rose to 5.4mil members

    the amount of members in the HYO rose to 5,400,000 65% were youths ages 10-18
  • HYO reaches 7.2mil members

    82% were youth aged 10-18
  • HYO military division

    Waffen-SS formed a special military division for HYO members these members consisted of ages 16-17
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    Adrene Abbey Masacre

    The HYO military division slaughtered innocent Canadian prisoners.
  • End

    the HYO ends but the damage was already done and the Nazis corrupted millions and the future of 20th-century Germany.