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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, (c)2005.Description: 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780439353793
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DD253 .H585 2005
  • DD253
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Contents:
The Murder of Herbert Norkus.
Hitler's Rise to Power.
Organizing the Hitler Youth.
A Nazi Education.
Nazi Persecution of the Jews.
Preparing for War.
The German War Machine.
The Holocaust Begins.
Hitler Youth Resistance.
Hitler's Boy Soldiers, 1943-1945.
Conclusion.
Awards:
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2006.
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2006.
Subject: 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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Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

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 Resistance.

"Fanatical Fighters" -- Hitler's Boy Soldiers, 1943-1945.

"I Could Not Help but Cry" -- Conclusion.

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.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2006.

Newbery Honor Book, 2006.

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