1) Hitler saw the youth of Germany as key to building his "New Order" and established extensive control over their education and activities through the Hitler Youth organization. 2) The Hitler Youth indoctrinated children with Nazi ideology, teaching racial supremacy and anti-Semitism. It became compulsory in 1936 and children who did not join risked their parents being imprisoned. 3) The Hitler Youth trained boys and girls physically and ideologically for service, with boys learning military skills. During the war, Hitler Youth members as young as 10 fought and died defending Berlin or aided the war effort in other ways.