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Hitler Youth: Innocent or Evil?
The Hitler Youth was a branch of the Nazi party. It invited all young Germans to join, which millions of German youth did. It held parades in the street and it was similar to the boy scouts, with camping trips, hiking and sports competitions, but with more emphasis on discipline and politics. So I can see why the millions of German teenagers joined, it was like a fad, the "cool" thing to do. These people were just children, brainwashed into thinking like their leaders. Just as we see groups of teenagers today joining together to rally for things that matter to them, this is what the German Teens did. Although these kids committed awful war crimes, can children and teenagers really be held accountable for their actions when this is what they were taught to believe and to do? This question will be the basis of this paper. It makes me think of famous people today. Take for example someone like Marilyn Manson who once had huge amounts of......

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