Deutsche Jungvolk: Winter uniform--Pants

Figure 1.--Almost all the boys in this unit of younger boys wear dhort pants. The older boys also wears the short pants uniform. He may be seving in a leasership role, much like Boy Scouts helping with Cub packs. Notice the insignia on his jacket sleece. Also note that he sdoes not wear a shoulder belt like most of the other boys.

The winter uniform for the DJ, depending on the boy's age, consisted of black jacket worn woth shorts or long dark blue trousers. I'm not sure just when this uniform was adopted. The early photographs show boys wearing mostly the brown shirted summer uniform. HBU does not know if the various groups set requirements about wearing short or long pants or if it was left up to the parents disgression. Available images suggest that different units set such rules. It appears, however, to be highly variable. although the boys in individual units appear to often dress identically. The long pants were often worn as ski pants, blouced above the ankles--but some boys wore them as regular long pants.

Winter Uniform

The winter uniform for the DJ, depending on the boy's age, consisted of black jacket worn woth shorts or long dark blue trousers. The Hitler Youth uniform was adopted by the central headquarters in Berlin. There were no regional differences that I know of. I'm not sure if the central headquarters decided on when boys changed from the winter to the summer uniform or whether this was done on a local basis. Also HBC does not know if units varied the selection depending on the weather. Perhaps in January or February when the snow could be quite heavy that the younger boys were allowed to wear long pants.

Chronology

I'm not sure just when this uniform was adopted. The early photographs show boys wearing mostly the brown shirted summer uniform. Most of the photographs with the boys wearing the winter uniform appear to date from the war years. HBU does not, however, have precise details on this.

Figure 2.--Almost all of the boys in this unit wear short pants with their weinter uniform. Notice the boy on the rightwho does not have the full uniform. He may be a newly ebducted boy.

Regulations

HBU does not know if the various groups set requirements about wearing short or long pants or if it was left up to the parents disgression. Available images suggest that different units set such rules. It appears, however, to be highly variable. although the boys in individual units appear to often dress identically.

The long pants were often worn as ski pants, blouced above the ankles--but some boys wore them as regular long pants. Most older boys appear to have worn the long pants uniform. Some younger boys, however, also wore short pants.