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Hitler Youth operating an acoustic locator in early 1943
Hitler Youth (Luftwaffenhelfer – born 1927) as crew for an anti-aircraft searchlight in Berlin (1943)
2cm-antiaircraft gun with Hitler Youth (Flakhelfer – born 1927) on the Flak tower Berlin-Gesundbrunnen (Humboldthain), 1943

A Luftwaffenhelfer, also commonly known as a Flakhelfer, was any member of the auxiliary staff of the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Such terms often implied students conscripted as child soldiers.

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Luftwaffenhelfer

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A Luftwaffenhelfer, also commonly known as a Flakhelfer, was any member of the auxiliary staff of the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Such terms...

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Manfred Rommel

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adversaries. Rommel was born in Stuttgart and entered service as a Luftwaffenhelfer (air force assistant) in 1943 at age 14, serving in an anti-aircraft...

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Early life of Pope Benedict XVI

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Joseph Ratzinger was drafted with many of his classmates into the Luftwaffenhelfer program. They were posted first to Ludwigsfeld, north of Munich, as...

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Luftwaffe

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civilian employees, and almost 300,000 female and male auxiliaries (Luftwaffenhelfer). In October 1944, the anti-aircraft units had 600,000 soldiers and...

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Lothar Sieber

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Shortly before his flight, he had become engaged to Gertrud Naudit, a Luftwaffenhelfer. Sieber had held the rank of second lieutenant but was demoted to private...

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Pope Benedict XVI

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in seminary, he was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps as Luftwaffenhelfer. Ratzinger then trained in the German infantry. As the Allied front...

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Luftwaffe personnel structure

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defense; Luftwaffenhelferinnen, the female Luftwaffe auxiliaries; Luftwaffenhelfer, underage male youth serving anti-aircraft batteries between school...

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World War II by country

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served in units outside the Legion such as Wehrmacht Auxiliaries and as Luftwaffenhelfer. Approximately 70,000 Latvians (both from Latvia and the Russian SFSR)...

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Catholic Church and Nazi Germany

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Nazi Germany. Enrolled in the Hitler Youth at 14, he was drafted as a Luftwaffenhelfer two years later. Ratzinger deserted at the end of the war and was briefly...

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Battle of Remagen

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Adenauer. Gestiftet von Staatsminister a.D. Heinz Schwarz MdB 1945 Luftwaffenhelfer an der ehemaligen Ludendorffbrucke 1972–76 Innenminister des Landes...

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Children in the military

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Japanese Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, Iranian Omar Khadr, Canadian Luftwaffenhelfer, German Lwów Eaglets, Polish Dominic Ongwen, Ugandan Returned: Child...

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Herbert Smagon

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German-occupied Austria. In 1943, Smagon was called into Luftwaffe service as a luftwaffenhelfer and was assigned to an auxiliary anti-aircraft unit. In the same year...

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German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II

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Luxembourgers serving in the German army as Luftwaffenhelfer...

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List of German films of the 1980s

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Ostermayer, Kristina van Eyck [de], Hans Korte, Ivan Desny Thriller Luftwaffenhelfer [de] Volker Vogeler Till Topf [de], Christoph Eichhorn, Alexander Radszun...

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8th Flak Division

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duties as a flak division, the formation also received auxiliaries (Luftwaffenhelfer), including underage students.: 233  Around January 1945, the city...

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Konrad Naumann

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the Hitler Youth organisation. In 1944 his class was conscripted as Luftwaffenhelfer which by this stage in the war had become in most respects a schoolboy...

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Military use of children in World War II

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auxiliary roles in the Luftwaffe and were known as flakhelfer, from luftwaffenhelfer. In anticipation of the possible Allied invasion of Japan, Japanese...

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Heinz Schwarz

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Kreissparkasse in Neuwied, but was drafted as an Airforce auxiliary (Luftwaffenhelfer). After World War II, he completed his commercial education in 1947...

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Christoph Eichhorn

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1979: Neonschatten (TV film) 1980: Kaiserhofstraße 12 (TV film) 1980: Luftwaffenhelfer [de] (TV film) 1981: Exil (TV miniseries) 1982: Die Chance (Short)...

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Der Wehrwolf

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nationalist content. Near the end of the Second World War, young Luftwaffenhelfers and children were encouraged to read the novel to promote guerrilla...

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Niklas Luhmann

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Gymnasium Johanneum at Luneburg in 1937. In 1943, he was conscripted as a Luftwaffenhelfer in World War II and served for two years until, at the age of 17, he...

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Dieter Noll

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Oberschule before being drafted as a Luftwaffenhelfer, or assistant in the Nazi air force. Noll served as a Luftwaffenhelfer in the Schweren Heimatflakbatterie...

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Glossary of German military terms

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air raid protection Luftwaffe – "air force"; the German Air Force. Luftwaffenhelfer – "Luftwaffe assistant"; see FlaK-Helfer. Luftschutzpolizei – (Air...

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Glossary of Nazi Germany

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founded 26 February 1935. Today, it is the air arm of the Bundeswehr. Luftwaffenhelfer (Luftwaffe Helpers; Flak Helpers) – official NS term for students who...

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Thomas Luckmann

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was drafted for the army, joining the Luftwaffe where he served as a Luftwaffenhelfer. Luckmann was transferred to a military hospital for minor injuries...

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History of children in the military

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American Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, Iranian Omar Khadr, Canadian Luftwaffenhelfer, German Lwów Eaglets, Polish Dominic Ongwen, Ugandan Returned: Child...

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