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On January 7 1943, the German Government, in order to free adult soldiers for frontline duty, ordered that all male students of secondary schools born in 1926 and 1927 be drafted into anti-air craft service in the homeland. Students were to arrive in batteries on February 18 1943. After serving from one year (those born in 1926) to thirteen months (those born in 1927), the boys were transferred into the Reich Labor Service and from there into the armed forces. They were replaced by boys born in 1928 who served to the end of the war. About 200,000 boys became Flakhelfer. Most were called up at

Child soldiers -- Germany -- Biography. --- Schlesier, Karl H. --- Teenage boys -- Germany-- Düsseldorf -- Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Participation, Juvenile. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.