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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 50 years after the end of the war about his experiences 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. More interesting interviews: https://goo.gl/p3f88A Subscribe to chronoshistory: http://goo.gl/IVGjVB 00:00 Personal relationship with Hitler 03:56 Appointment as Reich Youth Leader 11:06 About youth service obligation 12:48 Deployment and injury in the Eastern campaign of 1941 14:26 About Heinrich Himmler 18:59 Defeat at Stalingrad 23:10 About the "Baby Division" 25:51 About the Scholl siblings 35:17 About July 20, 1944 39:30 About Colonel von Stauffenberg 43:27 Awarded the Golden Cross and Panzerknacker 49:36 The last mission 59:29 Escape from Berlin and arrest 01:06:38 About his life afterward 01:10:49 Knowing what was going on 01:18:06 The question of moral guilt The interview was conducted by P. Schultze Excerpt from an interview from 1996