C03953 SWEDISH NS YOUTH LEAFLET. Sweden has had a long association with Germany, dating back to the 1000s, when German merchants created the settlement of Visby, on Gotland island, to trade with the Swedish. This association continued into the 1300s and 1400s, with the German "Hanseatic" League being the dominating force in Sweden’s commercial trade, and Germany and Sweden remained vital trading partners into World War II. No nation was completely immune to the wave of National Socialism and Fascism that swept across Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and, although Sweden officially remained neutral during the Second World War, they were Germany’s main supplier of iron ore, and permitted passage of German troops through their country while, at the same time, denying the allies a similar privilege. As with numerous other European countries, Sweden had its own National Socialist political party during the war, which favored alliance with the Germans. This leaflet is approximately 5" by 5". It is a leaflet that was probably distributed to all young boys to promote the joining into the Nordisk Ungdom. Which was styled after the Hitler youth organization. This leaflet is in great condition it has maintained its form with no wrinkles, no tear. The only sign of age or wear, is the yellowing of the paper.

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