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“We Stand by the Farmer” - an educational booklet of the League of German Girls movement. Berlin, 1937 - Die Jungmädelschaft Blätter für Heimabendgestaltung der Jungmädel - an educational bulletin of the Young Girls’ Association for organizing evening activities for the young girls. Bulletin titled: „Wir stehen zum Bauern!“ - “We Stand by the Farmer!”, containing messages about the importance of agricultural labor while instilling Nazi values among the youth. Published by Reichsjugendführung der NSDAP, Amt für Weltanschauliche Schulung - the Reich Youth Leadership of the Nazi Party, Office for Ideological Training. Berlin, July 1937 - Issue 7. Rare. The booklet is composed of sections written by Hitler Youth boys and girls on the subject of agricultural labor, and it is dedicated to uniting the residents of the cities and the countryside with the aim of turning them into “one great community forever.” At the beginning of the booklet appears the nationalist poem by W. Krupka: “We preserve the heritage: the blood and the state, so that what is true and upright will never be harmed. We are sparing with words, but never with strength. Thus we give ourselves to Germany each day in the palm of our hand...”. After several sections dealing with village life and the benefits of agricultural labor for the German state, as well as the importance of uniting the city youth with those of the countryside, the section “Our Political Commitment” appears, describing how entire areas in Germany are being transformed into “Adolf Hitler Koog” - reclaimed lands that have been turned into pasture. It describes how girls in the Reich Labor Service arrive in remote villages and establish gardens that educate for agricultural work, and the guiding principles of the girls’ movement are also presented: “The youngest assigned to work for the farmer are the men and women participating in the ‘Rural Year’ program. These are 14-year-old children from the city who, through camp life and healthy, practical work in the fields, are meant to grow stronger and become resilient in preparation for their future careers in the city. Thus, the first task of the ‘Rural Year’ program is to gradually yet surely lead the youth away from their former way of life as city children, and through socialization and work on the farm, to bring them closer to the land. Through the disciplined camp community, the girls are also educated to think politically and to act according to the principles of Nazism...”. The Jungmädel was the younger branch (girls aged 10–14) within the BDM – Bund Deutscher Mädel, the girls’ movement of the Nazi youth organization Hitlerjugend. The booklet served as instructional material for leaders for the purpose of organizing “Heimabend” (home evenings) – educational gatherings that included ideological content, group activities, singing, handicrafts, and guidance for National Socialist education. Rare. It does not appear in the WorldCat global library catalog. Various other booklets from this publisher issued in 1934 do appear there. 32 pages. Very good condition.