Hitler+Youth+VS.+Nashi+Russian+Youth+Group,

In my research I have seen a great deal of similarities between the recent Nashi Russian Youth Group and the Hitler Youth from the Nazi movement of the 1940s. Therefore, I am going to compare and contrast these two groups for my propaganda report. Drawing ties between these two groups will also possibly draw ties between the current Russian socialist movement and the socialist movement of the Nazis. My further research will consist of looking at sources explaining aspects of the two groups so I can compare and contrast them. I want to find out about how they are organized, what their purposes are, what they do, and other interesting facts about the two groups. The following is a list of some of the sources I will be using and a brief description of them:

**Hitler Youth**
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/hitleryouth.html

This website has a great deal of information on the Hitler Youth. The most important information displayed is of the Hitler Youth's participation in parts of World War II. There is also a great deal of information on the amount of members that were a part of the Hitler Youth. Lastly it has important information on how this group was created.

Saunders, T. J. (2008). Hitler Youth. //European History Quarterly //, 38(1), 154-156. Retrieved from EBSCO//host //.

This source is a book review written about a book by Michael Kater on the Hitler Youth. This source not only gave me another source, Kater's book, but a summary of this work as it pertains to my report. In this summary there is useful information on the experience of those who joined and resisted the Hitler Youth. It also speaks more of the Hitler Youth's participation in war. This book speaks more of the psychological side of the Hitler Youth members.

There are also several books that describe the Hitler Youth:

__Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow__ by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

__The Hitler Youth: origins and development 1922-45__ by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch

The following is video propaganda made by the Nazis to show the Hitler Youth in a favorable light:

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**Nashi Russian Youth**
Myers, S. L. (2007). Youth groups created by kremlin serve putin's cause. //The New York Times//, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/world/europe/08moscow.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

This New York Times article has an amazing amount of information on Putin's Nashi Youth movement. It explains in depth what the purpose of the Nashi movement is. It explains why Putin started this group and what he hopes to gain with the usage of it. This article gives a great deal of insight into the ideology of the Nashi.

Atwal, M. (2009). Evaluating Nashi's Sustainability: Autonomy, Agency and Activism. //Europe-Asia Studies //, 61(5), 743-758. doi:10.1080/09668130902904878

This article gives information on the development of the Nashi movement. It also explains more of what their connection to government actually is. Lastly it gives information on Nashi's organization and how long this group might last for. This article asks the question: Are the Nashi just doing the work of Russia or are they a politically active group? It seems to me that they are just a tool of Russia.

The following is an advertisement and propaganda tool used by the Nashi:

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By comparing this propaganda with the Nazi propaganda for the Hitler Youth I can draw even deeper ties between the two movements.

This video is a world news report on the Nashi movement:

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With these sources and more I hope to build enough of an understanding of the two groups in order to comprise a comparison/ contrast report on the two groups. From this analysis I hope to understand and discover if this Nashi movement is really just the Hitler Youth reincarnated. We have seen the problems with Hitler's Nazi movement, helped by the Hitler Youth, so if we can understand the Nashi we might be able to predict if problems will arise from Putin's Russian youth movement.