Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler S Shadow

ISBN-10
0439862736
ISBN-13
9780439862738
Series
Hitler Youth
Category
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2006-05-01
Author
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Description

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. Explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.

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