Gray Corps
The boys' association Graues Corps was an elite association of the German youth movement with around 300 to 400 members. The Gray Corps is one of the best-known leagues in the Reich Committee of German Youth Associations .
history
The youth association was founded by Alfred Schmid , also known by his journey name Fred. Schmidt owed the Gray Corps to an extraordinary degree its existence.
The "Gray Corps" split off from the German Freischar just like the dj.1.11 at the camp in Ludwigswinkel (July 28 to August 3, 1930) . In June 1934 the Bund was banned and dissolved by the National Socialists.
literature
- Peter Schröder: The key concepts of the German youth movement in the Weimar Republic: A study of the history of ideas , page 19.
- Werner Kindt: The German Youth Movement 1920 to 1933 , page 933 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Lexicon on the persecution of homosexuals 1933-1945: Institutions - Competencies , by Günter Grau, page 168, books.google.de
- ↑ Peter Schröder: The key concepts of the German youth movement in the Weimar Republic: A study of the history of ideas , page 18f., Books.google.de
- ^ Kurt Schilde: Jugendopposition 1933-1945: selected articles , Lukas Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3867320098 , page 110, books.google.de