1992 Interview with BDM member Christel Thunen
Thunen was a member of the BDM (League of German Girls) from 1933 to 1943 and a Glaube und Schönheit (Faith and Beauty) member from 1940-43.
What attracted you to join the BDM, is it true youth were forced to be a part of the youth groups.
Christel: I will answer backwards, you should have rephrased the question differently young sir. I will state to you very clearly and with conviction that no youth in Germany was legally forced to join the youth organizations. Germany had been a nation with…
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