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Examines the functions of various Jewish youth movements in Köln between 1906-38; pp. 153-207 discuss the role of the movements between 1933-38. States that Jewish adolescents, especially those who had not yet completed their professional training, were immediately and continuously affected by the Nazi policy concerning Jews. On the background of this situation, Jewish youth movements received a fresh impetus; in 1936, 50% of Jewish adolescents were members in the movements, which took over many tasks of the formal institutions from which Jews were expelled. Stresses the contribution of the youth movements to the encouragement, education, and rescue of its members, and especially in preparing them for emigration to Palestine. Many survivors who were members of Jewish youth movements in Köln now live in kibbutzim in Israel.