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Most of the members came from bourgeois or noble families. However the single largest affiliate body of the movement, the
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either dissolved themselves or were banned. On June 27, 1933 a 'Friendly
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Bismarckjugend organized men and women between the ages of 14 and 25. By 1928, the organization had 800 local organizations around
Germany. Its total membership had reached 42,000, making it the second largest youth movement in the country at the time (after the
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to have a national youth wing of its own. The organization was politically completely dependent on the DNVP. The youth movement was initially led by
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