Young banner

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The Jungbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold , abbreviated as Jungba , was the youth organization of the non-partisan republic protection organization Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold and existed from 1926 until it was banned by the National Socialists in 1933 .

Content profile

The Jungbanner had set itself the goal of educating (male) young people in the sense of the Weimar Constitution to be convinced republicans and responsible citizens. In addition to educational work, “physical training” through joint sporting activities was the focus of youth work. Weekly sports evenings and regular sports festivals were juxtaposed with lectures and training weekends aimed at building political awareness. In line with its non-partisan character, the organization had a comparatively tolerant, undogmatic climate.

membership

The Jungbanner was formed by the Reichsbanner members from discharge from elementary school at the age of 14 to the age of 21. For young people who were younger than 18 years of age and already belonged to one of the republican parties SPD , DDP and Zentrum or a trade union, the Jungba refrained from actively recruiting members in order to avoid double membership or even recruiting effects. Similar to the Reichsbanner, the Jungbanner was dominated by members who came from the social democratic milieu. In 1928 the young banner is said to have had almost 700,000 members.

construction

The young banner was divided into groups, platoons and comradeships and was part of the technical organization of the Reich banner. Since 1929, the Jungbannerführer were, in accordance with the statutes, automatically assessors on the boards of the corresponding organizational level of the Reichsbanner.

history

Members wore green shirts that quickly became a trademark. The same shirts were also given to the elite formations of the Reich Banner in 1930, the protective formations , which were mainly recruited from former Jungba members. In the intensified political conflict of the 1930s, the task of political education for the Jungbanner took a back seat to the training of militant preparedness for defense.

It belonged to the most active part of the Reichsbanner, which was more inclined to militant actions and also took on the aggressive SA .

At the grassroots level, party-political neutrality increasingly faded into the background. The comradeships sought a close alliance with social democracy . From about 1931, the young Banner looked at together with SAJ , Young Socialists , Naturfreundejugend Germany , trade union youth and working youth sports as part of the socialist youth organizations.

A highlight of the Jungbanner work was the first Federal Youth Day in the Reichsbanner stronghold Magdeburg Whitsun 1930 .

Prominent young banner members

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Mlynek : Hahn, (3) Wilhelm, junior. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 147; online through google books