# Help me find a WWII-era German educational comic—the "career path" of a German boy, from Hitler Youth to Conscript to Reservist/Retiree **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-wwii-era-german-educational-comic-the-career-path-of-a-german-boy-from-hitler-youth-to-conscript-to-reservist-retiree/914557 "2020-07-07T01:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-wwii-era-german-educational-comic-the-career-path-of-a-german-boy-from-hitler-youth-to-conscript-to-reservist-retiree/914557/1 "2020-07-07T01:36:31Z")
Like it says in the title. It’s something I found and downloaded, once, for writing reference, but is hidden beyond easy discovery in my rat’s nest of files. Basically, a simple black & white comic (I seem to recall the version I saw had English translations of the written parts), starting with a cartoon of a little kid, with an arrow leading to an older kid in a Hitler Youth uniform, with the legend “Hitler Youth, Age to ”, with an arrow leading from that to a cartoon of a young adult in Wehrmacht uniform, with a legend something like “Mandatory National Service, Age 18-20,” and leading on and occasionally branching off sort of like a flow chart with a typical projected “career path” of a boy/man in the Reich, with bits like “5 years active reserve,” “10 years inactive reserve,” a side branch one with “invalided out” for a cheerful little guy in uniform, with one crutch and one leg (!), all the way to retirement age. I don’t recall if it ended with a happy little tombstone or not. It certainly looked period-appropriate, in quality and style, but I don’t even know if it was Nazi educational material/propaganda, Allied educational material/propaganda (a la Disney’s Education for Death), or what. I’m _pretty_ confident it isn’t just something I hallucinated after huffing Afrin, but…can anyone enlighten me? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-wwii-era-german-educational-comic-the-career-path-of-a-german-boy-from-hitler-youth-to-conscript-to-reservist-retiree/914557/2 "2020-07-07T10:20:33Z")
_Berlin_ by Jason Lutes, is along the right line, but not what you describe. Nora Krug’s Heimat is similar too. [https://nora-krug.com/](https://nora-krug.com/) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-wwii-era-german-educational-comic-the-career-path-of-a-german-boy-from-hitler-youth-to-conscript-to-reservist-retiree/914557/3 "2020-07-07T10:47:21Z")
The site below is chock full of Nazi propaganda and related material. I have not searched it for what you’re asking but may be worth a look. Even if it’s not there, I think you may find it interesting. > **[Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945)](https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ww2era.htm)** > > A large collection of English translations and original illustrations of Nazi propaganda material from 1933-1945. ETA: Here is another link to the same site that may also help your search. > **[German Propaganda Archive (Guide Page)](https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/index.htm)** > > A collection of translations of German propaganda material from the Nazi and East German eras, as well as a large number of images, posters, and other visual material.