Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow

Book 2005

The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement. "I begin with the young. We older ones are used up. But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world."--Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg,1933. By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3....

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ISBN:

9781338309843
9780439353793

Description:

176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2006
Newbery Honor Book, 2006

Contents:

The bloody handprint: the murder of Herbert Norkus
"For the flag we are ready to die": Hitler's rise to power
"The brown pest": organizing the Hitler youth
"Where one burns books": a Nazi education
"This thing about the Jews": Nazi persecution of the Jews
"Muscle-tearing hard work": preparing for war
"Body and soul": the German war machine
"Serving a mass murderer": the Holocaust begins
"Long live freedom!": Hitler youth and resistance
"Fanatical fighters": Hitler's boy soldiers, 1943-1945
"I could not help but cry."
Conclusion
Time line of the Hitler youth

LCCN:

2004051040

Control Number:

2667406

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