The Analysis of Artmanen League as a Social Realization 1923-1929: The Social Project Toward Raising Future Youth Führers

This research primarily deals with the Artaman Movement (Artamanenbewegung), the movement organized in 1923 with Voliksh (Völkisch) Ideology. Founded by the union of several Farmer’s College (Bauernhochschule) and Eagle and Falcon (Adler und Falken), actively participated in the Weimar Republic’s Volunteer Labor Service (Freiwilligearbeitdienst) by dispatching its members and establishing its own Artam estates. Through Volunteer Labor Service, Artaman League sought to expel Polish seasonal laborers from settling on German soil and providing real labor experience that the league expected to foster the inner development of the participants. At the same time, it sought to instill the league’s Volkish ideology into the minds of youths through the lectures in Bauernhochschule. The research argues that the programs in the league reflected the programs and institutions that drew support from the youths, particularly the War Youth Generation, in World War 1. Such programs include Wandervogel, the youth movement established in the late 19th century that eventually became the hub for military training and the youths supportive of the German cause; Jungmannen program, the youth conscription for working at farms, and Freikorps, the paramilitary group where its military ethics and tradition influenced the league. Then, the paper explores the worldview of the Artaman League, especially with the religious context within the league and the perception of the world heavily based on racial hierarchy.