First recruits inducted into the Wehrmacht

In March 1935 military conscription was reintroduced in the German Reich. On 1 November 1935 the first recruits move into their barracks. Their period of service amounts to one year. By 1936 it will be raised to two years.

© Rieger/Jochem On 7 November 1935 the first recruits are put under oath in front of the Feldherrnhalle in Munich after the reintroduction of military conscription