Although his camp comrades enjoyed the militaristic side of their camp life – many preferred to drill than to play football in the afternoons – none were ardent Nazis. Cox summed up his camp experience in an article in The Spectator. He did not on the whole think that the Labour Service in Germany could be accused of advocating war, but it was certainly making sure that if war came ‘the youth of Germany would be ready both in body and mind to face the field of battle’.
German youth being prepped for war.
