Eagle and falcon

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The eagles and falcons, Deutsche Jugendwanderer e. V. was one of the Wandervogel movement of related, ethnic embossed Youth League , which in 1920 by Wilhelm Kotzde-Kottenrodt was founded in 1921 and 3000 members of the German Reich , in Austria and in Bohemia had. After conflicts over the federal leadership, the German falconry split off in 1929 . The two co-ed leagues had 1,933 all members under the age of 18 into the Hitler Youth convict and broke up shortly after yourself.

aims

The aim of the eagles and falcons was the "renewal of German people" on the basis of German culture and the avoidance of "alien influences" on the members. Boys and girls were united in the federation, as its goal should also be achieved through the formation of “ethnic families”.

For the cultural education of the members, the eagles and falcons took over many elements of the youth music movement . Amateur playgroups should also make the world of ideas of the Federation accessible to outsiders. Publishers run by the Adler und Falken and the German Falconry published numerous brochures about the ideas of the associations and about artists close to them.

history

Kotzde-Kottenrodt, who had contact with the Wandervogel movement before the First World War and in autumn 1919 the decay of the Wandervogel e. V. experienced at its Bundestag in Coburg , founded the first group of eagles and falcons in Kirchzarten on February 29, 1920 with the support of the Deutschbund . Through strong advertising, especially in the Deutschbund, around 3,000 members joined the Bund by the summer of 1921, although up to this point there were no federal structures apart from an office and two member magazines. The lack of common structures and ideas led to content- related disputes at the first Bundestag in Pottenstein in the summer of 1921 , some groups left the Bund, while the remaining groups agreed on a common program and at the same time separated them from the Deutschbund.

In the following years the federal government stabilized, which was still significantly influenced by Kotzde-Kottenrodt. Under Kotzde-Kottenrodt's leadership, the eagles and falcons were involved in founding the Artamanen in 1924 , and in 1925 he initiated an alliance with the Schilljugend, led by Gerhard Roßbach . The völkisch weekly newspaper Die Kommenden emerged from this collaboration in early 1926 .

The generation change in the federal leadership initiated in 1927 led to violent conflicts between Kotzde-Kottenrodt and the mostly younger leaders, which were only resolved in 1928 by his resignation as federal leader, reinforced by a long illness of Kotzde-Kottenrodt and the economic difficulties of the publishers affiliated with the federal government could. Together with Kotzde-Kottenrodt, some groups, especially from Thuringia , left the eagles and falcons in 1929 and founded the German falconry under Kotzde-Kottenrodt's patronage .

The German falconry quickly grew to 1,000 members, and at around the same time the eagles and falcons reached their largest expansion with 3,500 members in 250 local groups. There was agreement between the two unions about their ethnic orientation, there were only two major differences: They concerned the position of Kotzde-Kottenrodt and the extent of the political commitment. While the German Falconry refused to allow its members to participate in political parties and sought a renewal of Germanness through in-depth cultural work, the Eagles and Falcons endorsed participation in political parties.

In the following years, both leagues tried unsuccessfully to achieve a merger of the ethnic migrant bird leagues. The merger of the German Falconry , Wandervogel, German Federation , Austrian Wandervogel and Schwarzhäuser Ring to form the Wandervogel, the Alliance of Griffins and Falcons in the summer of 1930 only lasted for a short time. In the early summer of 1933, both groups were still negotiating a merger with the Kronacher Bund der Wandervögel , the Wandervogel Deutscher Bund and the Österreichischer Wandervogel in response to the ban on the Greater German Confederation , but were unable to reach an agreement on a common name.

A few weeks later, the Adler und Falken and the German Falconry transferred all members under the age of 18 to the Hitler Youth . The German falconry , consisting only of older members, disbanded in the summer of 1934, the eagles and falcons on March 1, 1936.

In 1953, former members of the Adler and Falken merged in the Dörnbergbund led by Alfred Pudelko , which only disbanded in the 1990s. The Dörnbergbund cooperated in the so-called Überbündischer Kreis with the alumni associations of other ethnic youth organizations of the Weimar Republic, including the Friends of the Artamans and the Friends of Former Northerners , which was part of the German religious movement .

Known members

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Walter Laqueur : Young Germany . Basic Books, New York 1962, pp. 108 .
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