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The former Reich Youth Leader Artur Axmann (1913-1996) and successor to Baldur von Schirach, who briefly went into hiding after the war under the code name Erich Siewert, speaks openly for the first time in an interview about his experiences 50 years after the end of the war and offers interesting insights into the life of an official of the time. In this interview, Axmann talks about his childhood and youth and the early beginnings of his political involvement. How did he come to join an organization like the Hitler Youth as a young man? Why did he create a tank division made up of teenagers? Artur Axmann died about a year after this filming. The interview should also be seen against the background of the terrible period of National Socialism with millions of deaths - especially the many dead Hitler Youth members - and the anti-Semitism and racism of the time. As Reich Youth Leader, he shared responsibility for the events of the time. Other interesting interviews: https://goo.gl/p3f88A Subscribe to chronoshistory: http://goo.gl/IVGjVB 03:21 Role of politics in one's own family 04:53 Career aspirations as a child 05:25 Joining the Hitler Youth 09:14 Political ideas as a teenager 11:29 About Joseph Goebbels 13:46 Street fights and relationship with the SA 20:58 First impression of Hitler 24:41 About Horst Wessel and Herbert Norkus 31:50 About the day of the seizure of power on January 30, 1933 36:45 About the end of the Weimar Republic 50:41 Book burning and "Kristallnacht" 01:01:30 About the special units of the Hitler Youth 01:21:30 About the "elite schools" (Napola) The interview was conducted by P. Schultze Excerpt from an interview from 1996