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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler-Jugend--Juvenile literature.

Hitler-Jugend.

National socialism and youth--Juvenile literature.

National socialism and youth.

Jewish youth--Germany--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Jewish youth.

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jewish children in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature.

Jewish children in the Holocaust.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, [2005]

Summary:

"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.

Notes:

Newbery Medal Honor Book, 2006.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book, 2006

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

ISBN:

0439353793

OCLC:

55682369

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