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''Wandervogel'' is the name adopted by a popular movement of German Youth Group s from 1896 onward. The name can be translated as '' Migratory Bird '' and the ethos is to shake off the restrictions of society and get back to nature and freedom. Soon the groups split and there originated ever more organisations, which still all called themselves ''Wandervogel'', but were organisationally independent. Nonetheless the feeling was still of being a common movement, but split into several branches. HISTORY After World War I , the leaders returned disillusioned from the war. The same was true for leaders of German Scouting . So both movements started to influence each other heavily in Germany. From the ''Wandervogel'' came a stronger culture of Hiking , adventure, bigger tours to farther places, Romanticism and a younger leadership structure. Scouting brought Uniform s, Flag s, more organization, more camps and a clearer Ideology . There was also an educationalist influence from Gustav Wyneken . Influenced by the ideas of Gustav Wyneken, some members of the Wandervogel movement were quite open about their Homoerotic Feelings , although this kind of affection was supposed to be expressed in a mostly chaste manner. The founding of the ''Jungwandervogel'' happened largely as a reaction to a public scandal about these erotic passions, which were said to alienate young men from women. Together this lead to the emergence of the Bündische Jugend . The ''Wandervogel'', German Scouting and the Bündische Jugend together are referred to as the German Youth Movement . They had been around for more than a quarter of a century before the Nazis began to see an opportunity to hijack some methods and symbols of the German Youth Movement to use it in the Hitler Youth to manipulate the young. This movement was very influential at that time. Its members were romantic and prepared to sacrifice a lot for their ideals. That is why there are many to be found on both sides in the Third Reich . Some of the ''Wandervogel'' groups had Jewish members and Jewish scouting movements such as Hashomer Hatzair were influenced by the ''Wandervogel''. Other groups within the movement were anti-semitic or close to the Nazis . Therefore one can later find prominent members, both subscribing to the Third Reich or resisting it. From 1933 the Nazis outlawed the ''Wandervogel'', German Scouting , the Jungenschaft and the Bündische Jugend , along with all youth groups independent of the Hitler Youth . (Only church affiliated groups had some years more.) MODERN ASPECTS The ''Wandervogel'' movement was refounded after World War II and exists in Germany to this day with arround 5,000 members, as well as in neighboring countries. French Movement The French movement established a particular presence in Normandy and Brittany . It is seen by its members as answering the needs of those young people seeking an Alternative to the Bourgeois lifestyle in which they have been taken hostage to an adult Morality , Politics and Religion . However, the French movement continues the pattern of Right Wing Anarchism of the parent organization, and is marked by connections with Racist , Anti-semitic , Nationalist and Survivalist elements, raising questions about its freedom of contamination from adult Dogma s. SEE ALSO
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