Steven Godin’s Reviews > The Hitler Youth: Origins and Development 1922-1945 > Status Update

Very popular, particularly in northern Germany, was the Marine-HJ — the naval Hitler Youth — which reached a membership of 62,000 boys. In 1935 the first Reichsseesportschule was founded in Brandenburg, later followed by one on the shores of Lake Constance. As in the case of the other special formations of the Hitler Youth, the demands made upon on the individual boy, both physically and mentally, were higher.