Hitler's Youths Captured by Soviets

TheFerret · Post by **TheFerret** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:24 pm

What sort of treatment did the Hitler's Youths receive when they were captured by the Red army? Were they sent to Siberia with other German units or were they merely returned home?

TheFerret · Post by **TheFerret** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:36 pm

A little dissapointed here.

Oh well, guess I will have to research this topic further myself.

sniper1shot · Post by **sniper1shot** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:01 pm

While the youth were fighting they were shot at and killed just like any other soldier. When captured I have read 2 different versions.
1) Sent to POW cages with the rest.
2) Depending on the age, some were just dis-armed and sent home (Most likely with a smack on the ass) My own brackets

Alex Dekker · Post by **Alex Dekker** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:22 am

Most of the HJ were killed before they got captured. Check out Anthony Beevor's Berlin: He states that the Russians tried to kill the young boys, because of their great fanaticism.

Alex D.

Pirx · Post by **Pirx** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:31 am

Yes. HJ battalions members didn't let the commanders of Festung Breslau surrender on April 1945. Then group of officers goes to talk with Russians HJ members forced them to stay and fight to the end.

Helmut Von Moltke · Post by **Helmut Von Moltke** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:23 am

quite impressively idealistic and brave and somehwhatt.... heroic, just like Waffen SS, at such a young age....

jusy my 2 cents...

helmut