Hitlerjunge Quex. Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend (1933) - Filmanfang

The video shows the first five minutes of the film.

Film synopsis: Infamous National Socialist propaganda film, whose plot centers on the ideological conversion of a working-class family: Communist youth organizations versus the Hitler Youth in early 1930′s Berlin. Heini Völker, printing apprentice and son of a Communist, aligns with the Hitler Youth and informs on a Communist plot against them. After converting his father as well to National Socialism, Heini is accepted as a Quex in the Hitler Youth. He is brought down and killed by Communists amidst a propaganda-campaign in his working-class district.

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