Innocent 10-year-old girls sent to "drown Adolf Hitler's enemy in their own blood" as they were turned into dictator's she-wolves

Innocent 10-year-old girls sent to "drown Adolf Hitler's enemy in their own blood" as they were turned into dictator's she-wolves

Former members of Hitler's Bund Deutscher Madel - also known as the League of German Girls - have lifted the lid on life as a young recruit waging guerrilla war in Allied-occupied areas

Members of the Bund Deutscher Maedel waiting for the arrival of Hitler in Berlin (Image: ullstein bild)

Innocent girls as young as 10 were turned into savage fighters and sent to "drown Adolf Hitler's enemy in their own blood" during World War 2 .

Education for members of Hitler's Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM) - also known as the League of German Girls - was generally based around physical exercise, cooking, washing, cleaning and babies.

But the outbreak of war demanded more from girls in the Third Reich, the Mail on Sunday reports.

Children between 10 and 14 were required to attend Jungmadel groups, while 14 to 18-year-olds went to BDM meetings where important Nazis often lectured.

Hitler soon issued a decree that all children must be trained to fight to the death to defend their cities.

Former member Barbie Densk, who was 15 at the time, said: "Just before the American attack, our group leader told us, 'German girls, you are like the grey slender wolves of our nation.

"As she-wolves in the great wilderness, the human female is also a natural predator, provider and protector.

"'As wolves, you shall roam the shadows and leave no enemy safe. Our enemy shall drown in their own blood - and ours if necessary.'"

A little girl meeting Hitler at a rally (Image: ullstein bild)

A smiling member of the BDM (Image: Hulton Archive)

Barbie was defending her family from the American infantry encircling the city German city of Aachen on the night of October 12, 1944.

Describing the American attack, she said: "There was a flash and a loud bang.

"I fell to the floor and saw the blood-spattered bodies of my friends; some of them lay across my legs, convulsing violently with blood running from their mouths.

"Little funnels of smoke rose out of the holes in their bodies and steam from their torn stomachs."

The BDM, founded in the 1920s, used summer camps, folklorism, tradition, and sports to indoctrinate girls within the National Socialist belief system, and to train them for their roles in German society as a wife, mother, and homemaker.

Their home evenings revolved around domestic training, but Saturdays involved strenuous outdoor exercise and physical training.

The purpose of these activities was to promote good health, which would enable them to serve their people and their country.

Members of the Nazi German Women's Youth Movement (Image: Hulton Archive)

Another young recruit, Helga Bassler, met Hitler during a rally.

She said: "My knees began to shake and I had butterflies in my stomach as I watched Hitler slowly make his way towards me.

"Girls cried and reached out to him and some had brought flowers especially for him.

"From that day on, I looked upon Hitler as a personal saviour - like how modern girls look up to their favourite pop stars.

Members of the Hitler Youth (Image: ullstein bild)

Another young recruit, Helga Bassler, met Hitler during a rally.

She said: "My knees began to shake and I had butterflies in my stomach as I watched Hitler slowly make his way towards me.

"Girls cried and reached out to him and some had brought flowers especially for him.

"From that day on, I looked upon Hitler as a personal saviour - like how modern girls look up to their favourite pop stars.

"Many of us became infatuated after meeting him, and we were in a way in love with him."

A portrait of a young girl, circa 1930s (Image: Universal Images Group Editorial)

Members aboard a ship (Image: ullstein bild)

There was also a propaganda radio station, Radio Werewolf, which continuously called for the boys and girls of Berlin to fight for the Fatherland.

Some BDM girls were recruited into the Werwolf groups which were intended to wage guerrilla war in Allied-occupied areas.

Young member Heidi Koch said: "I had never known fear like it. Loudspeakers were asking citizens not to run like cowards, saying relief would arrive soon.

"The bodies of traitors were hanging from trees and lampposts; it was like everyone had gone mad.

"We spent much of our time digging holes, making walls of rubble and upturning motor vehicles and trams.

"There were many members of our SS in the city. I kept asking questions until one turned and shouted at me, 'Do you know what will happen if the Russians get here? They will probably f*** you, then shoot you, understand?'

"I turned and ran."