He called for more commitment and engagement from the members and aimed to provide them with profound experiences, such as undertaking extreme trips and camps or having the "most heroic boys and leaders."

The boys were supposed to act as "self-seekers," creating new things themselves, rather than mere "repeaters," simply imitating what already existed.

In line with this self-image, the Jungenschafts differed from other groups of their time in their focus on modernity and aesthetics, particularly influenced by Bauhaus.

His turn towards communism was met with resistance, leading to the dwindling of the organization to a few hundred members, with the "white" Jungentrucht breaking away.

[1] In addition to these two larger groups, several smaller associations emerged in the early 1930s alongside dj.1.11, also identifying themselves as Jungenschaft.

After 1932, many youth group Horten, inspired by Koebel's monthly magazine "Die Kiefer," ("The Pine"") engaged intensively with Asian philosophy and cultural practices.

The attire of dj.1.11 consisted of a blue youth blouse, a cord (with the color indicating the role, such as group leader), and cloth trousers.

In the early 1930s, the cultural ideas of dj.1.11 reached a larger audience within the Bundische Jugend, as dj.1.11 extensively published and was represented by Eberhard Koebel and other leading members in the editorial boards of various "over-bund" magazines.

The emerging Third Reich with its claim to absoluteness in youth work questioned the continued existence of independent boys' groups.

Following the example of Ludwigsburg where dj.1.11 groups had already merged into the Hitler Youth at the beginning of 1933, transfers to the Jungvolk took place throughout the year - some even encouraged by tusk; locally, this was dominated by dj.1.11.

However, the initial successes were short-lived: Boys adhering to their ideals were interrogated, especially after tusk's arrest, some temporarily detained.

Besides the Nerother Wandervogel, it was mainly the influence of dj.1.11 that led the state to view the groups continuing the banned "Bündische Jugend" as the most dangerous political oppositional opponents.

Despite increasing attacks by the HJ (Hitler Youth) and state authorities over time, these boys' community gatherings continued, meetings were held where possible, and their culture was maintained.

Contacts were maintained with various resistance circles at home and abroad, including Karl Otto Paetel in Paris.

Deutsche Jungenschaft influenced members of the resistance group, The White Rose in Nazi Germany, which called for active opposition to German dictator Adolf Hitler's regime.

[citation needed] Following an arrest operation in 1937/38, the contact between the remaining genuine dj.1.11 groups in Germany or former members and Eberhard Koebel in Great Britain was severed.

After the end of the war and the Nazi regime, former dj.1.11 members in various cities (e.g., Cologne, Minden, Wuppertal, Kiel, and Ludwigsburg) revived groups.

In 1946, some of these groups – referred to as Horten – (Bremen, Göttingen, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Verden/Aller, Wolfenbüttel, and Hanover) united to form the Deutsche Jungenschaft.

[9] In 1954, among the newly formed Southern Kreis of the Deutsche Jungenschaft led by Hanno Trurnit-Berkenhoff were Horten in Munich, Erlangen, Göppingen, and Ettenheim.

In 1951, Horten from Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Göppingen, Esslingen, Plochingen, and Winterbach came together in the Jungenschaft Schwaben led by Hermann Siefert (Teja).

The Minden Circle closely collaborates with the Archive of the German Youth Movement at Burg Ludwigstein, where a part of Eberhard Koebel's estate is also located.