“Kinderlandverschickung”
In September 1940, the National Socialist regime launched a program
of “Sending Children to the Countryside” (Kinderlandverschickung,
or KLV). The main goal was to get children out of cities and away from
strategic bombing, much similar programs in Britain. But the KLV also served
the revolutionary transformation of youth: at KLV-run camps and hostels,
children were exposed to paramilitary drills and political indoctrination,
often for months on end, well away from the influence of parents, teachers,
school principals. The National Socialist Welfare (NSV) was charged with
arranging the transportation children in the first four grades of school;
the Hitler Youth took in children in the fifth grade and higher.
This poster dates from 1943 and was published by the Reich Youth Leadership
(Reichsjugendführung). The original is 60 x 40 cm.
Source: Deutsches Historisches
Museum.