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Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2005.Description: 176 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0439353793
  • 9780439353793
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 943.086 BAR 22
LOC classification:
  • DD253.5 .B37 2005
Online resources:
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 -- Author's note -- About the photographs -- Quote sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: 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, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Children's Room B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 943.086 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4006601

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.

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 -- Author's note -- About the photographs -- Quote sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.

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