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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.

Table of 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."

Author/Creator:

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow [by Bartoletti, S.C.]

Subjects:

Hitler-Jugend — Juvenile literature

National socialism and youth — Juvenile literature

Jewish youth — Germany — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Germany — Juvenile literature

Jewish children in the Holocaust — Juvenile literature

Hitler-Jugend

Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)

1900-1999

National socialism and youth

Jewish children in the Holocaust

Jewish youth

Germany

Genres:

History

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
Newbery Honor Book, 2006

Audience:

Children

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Call Numbers:

J943.086 B292h

ISBNs:

0439353793

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 9780439353793

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2004051040

OCLC Numbers:

55682369