Hitler Jugend visits Japan!

[Kim Sung]

The delegation consisted of 30 members. They traveled all over Japan, from Kyushu to Hokkaido until November 12.

Before Hitler Jugend's visit, 29 members of a Japanese youth delegation visited Germany one month earlier before Hitler Jugend's visit to japan.


Hitler Jugend's travel course




The head of delegation, Schultze

[Kim Sung]

On August 31, they visited the castle of Aizuwakamatsu.




The next day, they insisted on visiting the memorial of White Tiger Warriors (白虎隊)




To be continued

[StephanieSklar]

Wow!

What a wealth of pictures!

I'd like to see the ship they went on...

[Peter H]

SS Gneisenau:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GE ... 0901534061

The turbine ship GNEISENAU (II) was built by Deschimag AG "Weser",
Bremen (ship #893), and launched on 17 May 1935, for the Hanseatische
Schiffahrts & Betriebsgesellschaft, financed 50% by the German government
and 25% each by Norddeutscher Lloyd and HAPAG (Hamburg-America Line).
18,160 tons; 198,5 x 22,6 meters (length x breadth); 1 funnel, 2 masts;
Maier bow; turbine engines, service speed 21 knots; accommodation for
149 passengers, plus 15 children or 30 native servants in 1st class and
155 in tourist class; crew of 276.

3 January 1936, maiden voyage, Bremerhaven-Yokahama. August 1937, made 2
voyages Shanghai-Japan (with Japanese refugees from the invasion) and 1
voyage to Hong Kong (evacuating foreigners). 1-22 September 1937, one of
few ships to survive the hurricane that hit Hong Kong with winds up to 167
miles per hour. Last ship before World War II broke out to be serviced at
the Columbuskaje in Bremerhaven (almost 400 passengers and 1/2 million
eggs from China). 22 April 1940, transferred to the Kriegsmarine for
troop transport. 22 December 1941, dormitory ship at Hamburg. 1942,
intended conversion to aircraft carrier not carried out. 1943, transport
and barracks ship at Swinem"unde. 2 May 1943, hit a mine near Gedser and
beached on Lolland, on her side, until broken up by Danish wreckers after
the war.

http://www.cosmoclub.net/ng/ngimages/pc109-ng.jpg

[E.K.]

Thanks Kim Sung and Peter H. Good pictures!

[E.K.]

Hitler was in Japan? Also Hirohito in Germany?

[Peter H]

Has anyone details on the November 1940 visit?

This was for the celebrations that marked the 2,600th anniversary of the accession of the first Emperor of Japan.

It appears the HJ travelled by train,the Trans-Siberian Railway to Manchuria,and then by ship to Japan.Returned the same way.

[Peter H]

Welcome

[Peter H]

More..

I think the second photo shows Prince Chichibu in Germany in 1937

[pavel michalek]

I think the second photo shows Prince Chichibu in Germany in 1937

This photo was also taken in Japan (1938). The white belts of HJ officials were issued only for this occasion and never been worn before, as well as after.

[Kim Sung]

'Banzai Hitler Jugend', a song written by Kitahara Hakushū (北原白秋)

１．
燦たり、輝く
ハーケン　クロイツ
ようこそ遥々、西なる盟友、
いざ今見えん、朝日に迎へて
我等ぞ東亜の青年日本。
　　万歳、ヒットラー・ユーゲント
　　万歳、ナチス。

２．
聴けわが歓呼を
ハーケン　クロイツ
響けよその旗　この風　この夏、
防共ひとたび　君我誓はば、
正大為すあり世紀の進展。
　　万歳、ヒットラー・ユーゲント
　　万歳、ナチス。

３．
感謝す　朗らに、
ハーケン　クロイツ
交驩かくあり、固有の伝統、
相呼び応へて文化に尽くさん。
我らが選士も幸あれその旅。
　　万歳、ヒットラー・ユーゲント
　　万歳、ナチス。

４．
燦たり、輝く
ハーケン　クロイツ
勤労報国、亦わが精神、
いざ今究めよ、大和の山河を、
卿等ぞ栄あるゲルマン民族。
　　万歳、ヒットラー・ユーゲント
　　万歳ナチス。

1.
The Hakenkreuz
Waves gloriously.
Our Friends from the West, welcome to Japan!
Now you meet us in the Rising Sun.
We are young Japan in the East.
Banzai Hitler Youth!
Banzai NSDAP!

2.
Listen to our cheers,
O Hakenkreuz!
Your flag wave in this wind in this summer!
Once the Anti-Comintern Pact is concluded,
We make great advances in this century.
Banzai Hitler Youth!
Banzai NSDAP!

3.
Thank you with smiles,
O Hakenkreuz!
We have each peculiar traditions;
This is the ideal friendship!
Let's advance our cultures, cooperating each other.
Our delegation have a nice trip too!
Banzai Hitler Youth!
Banzai NSDAP!

4.
The Hakenkreuz
Waves gloriously.
The industry and patriotism are also our spirits.
You, glorious Germanic race,
Now master Japanese spirit
Through our mountains and rivers!
Banzai Hitler Youth!
Banzai NSDAP!

[pavel michalek]

Some shots of HJ in Japan with footage of German ambassadors Eugen Ott and Heinrich Georg Stahmer (from cca 4:30).

[pavel michalek]

More photos of German-Japanese youth organizations cooperation.

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ha/schmidt/nichidoku.htm

[Lewiss]

Any idea how many such exchanges were made?

[pavel michalek]

I know there were Japanese Youth delegations twice in Germany: September 1938 and March 1941.