Hitlerjugend was not directly subordinate to Hitler. It was lead until 1940 by Baldur von Schirach and afterwards by Artur Axmann. Hence it was different from other party organizations. The comparison with the police is moot, because the police was a state organization, not one of the nazi party, such as the SS. But both the SS and the police were later led by Himmler.

However, what distinguishes Hitlerjugend from both SS and police was that it was mandatory. While no one was forced to become a police officer or even join the SS, every German youth had to join Hitler's youth and approximately 98% did. Parents who refused to send their children to the organization were punished.

Hence it is a bit strange to say, that Hitlerjugend was more fanatic than other party organizations, when all the others such as SA, SS, NSKK and whatnot consisted of volunteers, while the Hitler's youth did not.

Yet, as it is often the case, teenagers and children can be easily influenced and become extremely fanatic. Hence there were certainly a lot of true believers amongst them and the fact that some 16 and 17 year olds even volunteered in 1944 and 1945 to fight proofs it. That doesn't proof though that there weren't a lot of teenagers who just went because they had to.

the holocaust was a state secret, dumbo.

the uneducated writer of this article pretends, that the whole hitler-era was about the holocaust. it was not. the holocaust just was one step to achieve in the nazis schedule. and it was a state secret.

it was mandatory to join the hitler youth.
as was the nazi salute to 'officials' (teacher...)

living with you?

how many % of the jews in israel would get up, when they see an oppressed ppl in an occupied country?

perhaps even less, than in other countries?

Yes, read Goldhagen's book.

Read Peter Fritzsche Germans into Nazis
Einstein said" The Germans as an entire people are responsible for these mass murders and must be punished as as people....who elected Hitler"