National League of German Democratic Youth Clubs explained

The National League of German Democratic Youth Clubs (German: Reichsbund der Deutschen Demokratischen Jugend) was a political youth movement in Weimar Germany, functioning as the youth wing of the German Democratic Party (DDP). The organization was founded in April 1919 and was led by Max Weissner.^[1] The club spoke out with other youth clubs against "the excessive claims of the princes."^[2] During the initial phase of the Weimar Republic, the youth league had around 20,000 members across Germany. However, the organization went into a spiral of decline. By the end of 1926 its membership was below 2,300.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Jarausch. K. H.. In Search of a Liberal Germany: Studies in the History of German Liberalism from 1789 to the Present. Jones. Larry Eugene. 1990-10-03. Berg Publishers. 978-0-85496-614-1. 292. en.
2. Book: S.J, Robert Bireley. The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe. 2018-11-15. UNC Press Books. 978-1-4696-0646-0. 242. en.
3. Jones, Larry Eugene, and James N. Retallack. Elections, Mass Politics, and Social Change in Modern Germany: New Perspectives. Washington, D.C.: German Historical Institute, 1992. p. 352, 355