[4] During the parade in Bratislava celebrating the January 18, 1939, inaugural session of the new Diet of the Slovak Land [sk], DJ members in brown shirts joined the march.
[5] DJ grew quickly and organized youngsters all across the country in places where ethnic German populations lived.
[2] DJ used a uniform almost identical to the ones used by the Hitler Youth in the Reich, except that the emblem of the organization included a swastika on a shield.
[6] DJ members were recruited for military service in the war against Poland in September 1939.
311 issued December 21, 1939, the Slovak government recognized Freiwillige Schutzstaffel and DJ as paramilitary organizations operating within the frame of the German Party.