%0 Journal Article
%T Come visit... but without the Hakenkreuz! Polish-German youth exchange in the years 1936–1937
%A Prinke, Andrzej
%J Archival and Historical Review
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.18.005.14922
%N Vol. V
%P 83-98
%K Polish Embassy in Berlin, Hitler-Jugend, Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, YMCA Poland, youth exchange, Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
%@ 2391-890X
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/zapraszamy-ale-bez-hakenkreuzow-polsko-niemiecka-wymiana-grup-mlodziezowych-w-latach-1936-1937
%X The article features an analysis of documents stored in the Archive of New Files in Warsaw (fonds: Polish Embassy in Berlin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, and Polish Scouting and Guiding Association) with regard to Polish–German youth exchange in the years 1936–1937. The exchange occurred as a result of cooperation between Polish youth organizations: YMCA Poland (1936) and the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (1937), and German Hitler-Jugend (1936–1937). During the analysis, the course of exchange, its origins and its true objectives were reconstructed. It was demonstrated that the exchange did not occur as a result of decisions made by “top” authorities as a consequence of rapprochement of 1934, but as a result of the efforts of one person: dr. Rudolf Reuber — an academic teacher (chemist), Hitler- -Jugend activist from Frankfurt am Main, and admirer of Poland. He grew fond of Poland during his three-week trip there in 1935, which he had organized as part of Frankfurt academics’ and students’ exchange with the Warsaw University. The aim of the exchange was to bring clo- ser young people from the two countries and overcome drastic ideological differences and ne- gative stereotypes. Key words: Polish Embassy in Berlin, Hitler-Jugend, Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, YMCA Poland, youth exchange, Polish Scouting and Guiding Association