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WW2: The true story of the Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
Why a Booktrail?
WW2: The true story of the Hitler Youth
What you need to know before your trail
The Hitler Youth was a strong player in WW2 as it one of Hitler’s most powerful weapon. It encouraged the young, many of them children to fight for a common cause and to join them in the belief that they were their country’s future and by supporting Hitler and Nazism, they could be playing an important part in their own futures as well as those of their country’s.
the book looks at several children – shows their pictures at the front of the book and tells their stories as they unfolded for an insight into war through the eyes of children who lived and experienced it.
Travel Guide
The power of the Hitler Youth
“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
This is not a book about Adolf Hitler but rather the children and teenagers who followed Hitler and the Nazi party from 1933 – 1945
Many children bore the name of the Hitler Youth proudly. Germany had a very weak government at the time and the entire country was suffering from lack of money and austerity measures. There was high unemployment and so the promises of Hitler and the Hitler Youth provided to be very promising indeed
Like with anything, ‘if you get them young enough, you get them for life” – hasn’t this phrase been used in getting children to believe adverts and pester their parents Imagine the force when Hitler’s theories and rhetoric is akin to modern day grooming.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
Author/Guide: Susan Campbell Bartoletti Destination: Berlin, Germany
Departure Time: WW2
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