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April 20, 1945. Outside his bunker, Adolf Hitler awards the Iron Cross to a Hitler Youth believed to be Alfred Czech. By 1945, the Volkssturm was commonly drafting members into its ranks as young as 12 years old. During the Battle of Berlin, Hitler Youth formed a major part of the last line of German defense.

Source: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic, 2005) ISBN 0439353793 p.141 Credit: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

Dating: See German Magazine "Der Spiegel": (translation): "Hitler decorates child soldiers: This photo belongs to the most well known pieces of modern historiographical photography. Published numerous times, unfortunately it is also very often false dated. Allegedly Hitler is awarding the teenagers the iron cross on his birthday april 20 1945. This seems a typical case of repeated plagiarism: a false date is published in one source - several authors repeat the mistake, which gets a notable dynamic. The true date is the march 20 1945, unambiguously accounted by the German Newsreel (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) from march 22 1945, where the scene was published first time."

Movie: online archive German Newsreel

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current11:35, 16 July 2007600×413 (54 KB)HanzoHattori (Talk | contribs) (April 20, 1945. Outside his bunker, Adolf Hitler awards Iron Cross to Hitler Youth on his 56th birthday. By 1945, the Volkssturm was commonly drafting members into its ranks as young as 12 years old. During the Battle of Berlin, Hitle)
09:56, 26 June 2006600×413 (62 KB)Humus sapiens (Talk | contribs) (April 20, 1945. Outside his bunker, Adolf Hitler awards Iron Cross to Hitler Youth on his 65th birthday. By 1945, the Volkssturm was commonly drafting members into its ranks as young as 12 years old. During the Battle of Berlin, Hitle)

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