Ustaška mladež

Ustaša militia officer with the commemorative badge for services to the establishment and training of the Ustaška mladež (UM) on the breast pocket (October 1942)

The Ustaška mladež (Ustascha Youth), UM for short , was the youth and youth organization of the fascist Ustascha in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during the Second World War .

The UM was formed by ordinance of November 4, 1941 by the Croatian leader Ante Pavelić based on the model of the Hitler Youth . The subgroups of UM were Ustaška uzdanica (Ustasha Hope) for primary school students from 7 to 11 years of age, Ustaški junaci and junakinje (Ustasha heroes) from 11 to 15 years of age and the Ustaška Starčević Mladež ( Ustasha Starčević -Youth ) from 15 to 21 years of age.

The mathematics professor Ivan Oršanić (1904–1968) was appointed leader of the UM .

Web links

• The Ustaška mladež in Zagreb during a parade for the Ustaša leader Ante Pavelić

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Dresler : Croatia . 2nd Edition. Essen Publishing House, Essen 1944, p. 133.