The Boys Of Seelow The Hitler Youth

Author : Joel Connealy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0692166378

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The Boys of Seelow: The Hitler Youth by Joel Connealy Pdf

The Boys of Seelow tells the story of a group of friends growing up in rural Nazi Germany. Blaz Senft is a single child who spends all his free time with his best friends, Koby Hertz, Ivo Klein, Jarman Knecht, and Erich Meyer. When Adolf Hitler declares war on Poland and Germany drawn into war with the Allies, the boys' lives are changed forever. Blaz's best friend Koby is immediately suspicious of his government's motives when the war breaks out, but his skepticism is hardly shared by his friends. The boys are conscripted into the Hitler Youth, which, at first, appears to be fun and games. As the war demands more off the Reich, the boys begin to play a more active role in the war effort. Koby is thrust into a position of leadership over his friends when they are called up to the Wehrmacht to fight in the abysmal conditions on the Eastern Front where they will fight for their country, their friends, their sanity, and their lives.

Author : Gerhard Rempel
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469620619

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Hitler's Children by Gerhard Rempel Pdf

Eighty-two percent of German boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen belonged to Hitlerjugend--Hitler Youth--or one of its affiliates by the time membership became fully compulsory in 1939. These adolescents were recognized by the SS, an exclusive cadre of Nazi zealots, as a source of future recruits to its own elite ranks, which were made up largely of men under the age of thirty. In this book, Gerhard Rempel examines the special relationship that developed between these two most youthful and dynamic branches of the National Socialist movement and concludes that the coalition gave nazism much of its passionate energy and contributed greatly to its initial political and military success. Rempel center his analysis of the HJ-SS relationship on two branches of the Hitler Youth. The first of these, the Patrol Service, was established as a juvenile police force to pursue ideological and social deviants, political opponents, and non-conformists within the HJ and among German youth at large. Under SS influence, however, membership in the organization became a preliminary apprenticeship for boys who would go on to be agents and soldiers in such SS-controlled units as the Gestapo and Death's Head Formations. The second, the Land Service, was created by HJ to encourage a return to farm living. But this battle to reverse "the flight from the land" took on military significance as the SS sought to use the Land Service to create "defense-peasants" who would provide a reliable food supply while defending the Fatherland. The transformation of the Patrol and Land services, like that of the HJ generally, served SS ends at the same time that it secured for the Nazi regime the practical and ideological support of Germany's youth. By fostering in the Hitler Youth as "national community" of the young, the SS believed it could convert the popular movement of nazism into a protomilitary program to produce ideologically pure and committed soldiers and leaders who would keep the movement young and vital.

Author : Michael H. Kater
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674039353

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Hitler Youth by Michael H. Kater Pdf

In modern times, the recruitment of children into a political organization and ideology reached its boldest embodiment in the Hitler Youth, founded in 1933 soon after the Nazi Party assumed power in Germany. Determining that by age ten children’s minds could be turned from play to politics, the regime inducted nearly all German juveniles between the ages of ten and eighteen into its state-run organization. The result was a potent tool for bending young minds and hearts to the will of Adolf Hitler. Baldur von Schirach headed a strict chain of command whose goal was to shift the adolescents’ sense of obedience from home and school to the racially defined Volk and the Third Reich. Luring boys and girls into Hitler Youth ranks by offering them status, uniforms, and weekend hikes, the Nazis turned campgrounds into premilitary training sites, air guns into machine guns, sing-alongs into marching drills, instruction into indoctrination, and children into Nazis. A few resisted for personal or political reasons, but the overwhelming majority enlisted. Drawing on original reports, letters, diaries, and memoirs, Michael H. Kater traces the history of the Hitler Youth, examining the means, degree, and impact of conversion, and the subsequent fate of young recruits. Millions of Hitler Youth joined the armed forces; thousands gleefully participated in the subjugation of foreign peoples and the obliteration of “racial aliens.” Although young, they committed crimes against humanity for which they cannot escape judgment. Their story stands as a harsh reminder of the moral bankruptcy of regimes that make children complicit in crimes of the state.

Author : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782744030

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Hitler Youth by Brenda Ralph Lewis Pdf

Between 1933 and 1945, most German children were members of the Hitler Youth. Exploring its development, organisation, education and indoctrination, this book also looks at its combat role in World War II. Hitler Youth is an expertly-written, accessible account of the indoctrination of a generation of Germans.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786452811

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Hitler Youth, 1922-1945 by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage Pdf

During the Nazi regime's swift rise to power, no single target of nazification took higher priority than Germany's young people. Well aware that the Nazi party could thrive only through the support of future generations, Hitler instituted a youth movement, the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth), which indoctrinated the easily malleable students of Germany's schools and universities. Along with its female counterpart, the Bund deutscher Madel (League of German Girls), the Hitler Youth produced many thousands of young Germans who were deeply and fanatically imbued with the Nazi racist ideology. This heavily illustrated book outlines the history and development of the Hitler Youth from its origins in 1922 until it was disbanded by the allied powers in 1945.

Author : H. W. Koch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815410843

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The Hitler Youth by H. W. Koch Pdf

H. W. Koch, himself a former Hitler Youth brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the history of one of the most fascinating vehicles for Nazi thought and propaganda. He traces the Hitler Youth movement from its antecedents in nineteenth-century German romanticism and pre-1914 youth culture, through the World War I radicaliztion of German youth, to its ultimate exploitation by the Nazi party.

Author : Herbert R. Vogt,Herbert R. Vogt Ph.D
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469183602

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My Memories of Berlin by Herbert R. Vogt,Herbert R. Vogt Ph.D Pdf

A vivid description of the author s first seventeen years of life encompassing Hitler s twelve-year regime. His Hitler Youth experience is typical for the average German boy of that time. His personal endurances are blended in with reports from the battlefield and the home front. Some of the Hitler Youth were chosen to be indoctrinated in the regime s elite schools and lived a privileged life of state-sponsored higher education. As war brings more hardships and the nation finds itself defeated and exposed to Soviet barbarism, the Hitler Youth force keeps on fighting with tenacious fanaticism to self destruction. Those of them that survived the war felt utterly betrayed and disillusioned. Their fallen comrades being Hitler s Last Victims.

Author : David G Williams
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781326091965

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The Hitler Youth, Gristle for the Reich's Mill by David G Williams Pdf

How was it an entire cultured nation allowed their children to be raised by a political party with an ideology of hate? Stories of the fanatical bravery of the young men and children of the Reich on the battlefields of Europe are abundant.It is easy to admire the courage of the Hitler Youth as they battled relentlessly against the Allied and Soviet armies. But when one looks at it in the cold light of day, one cannot fail to be overwhelmed with the senseless loss of life. Millions butchered for an old man's nightmare vision of a world he hated and wanted to see burn. His failure to face the facts, combined with the Allies demand for unconditional surrender resulted in an entire generation consumed to the abyss. The Wehrmacht, the Hitler Youth, the Volkssturm and the children were all in the end just gristle for the Reich's mill. This book covers the whole story of a generation of young Germans, from the rebirth of a Nation to its consignment to the abyss and their role in this calamity.Includes many photos.

Author : Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050747909

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Hitler Youth by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch Pdf

Author : David Littlejohn
Publisher : Johnson Reference Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000031655804

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The Hitler Youth by David Littlejohn Pdf

Author : R. Conrad Stein
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0516047639

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Hitler Youth by R. Conrad Stein Pdf

Describes the origin and growth of the Nazi youth organization known as Hitler Jugend, its rigorous testing and training of German boys and girls, and its use in World War II.

Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338088373

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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Scholastic Focus) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Pdf

Robert F. Sibert Award-winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups. In her first full-length nonfiction title since winning the Robert F. Sibert Award, Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups."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.

Author : Wilhelm Gehlen,Don Gregory
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149644

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Jungvolk by Wilhelm Gehlen,Don Gregory Pdf

“An extraordinary account of a young boy caught up in the middle of a war . . . frank and even funny at times . . . utterly absorbing” (Books Monthly). This is the wartime memoir of a boy named Will, who happened to be the nephew of the head of Nazi Germany’s intelligence agency. The author, only ten years old when the war began, became a helper at the local Luftwaffe flak battery, fetching ammunition. It was exciting work for Will, a member of the “Jungvolk,” and by the end of the war, he had become expert at judging attacks. As fighter raids increased in frequency, he noted that the pilots became less skilled. Gehlen’s town was repeatedly bombed, and he often had to help with the wreckage or to pull survivors from basements. He witnessed more death than a child ever should; nevertheless, his flak battery continued firing until US tanks were almost on top of the position. In this book, Gehlen provides an intimate glimpse of the chaos, horror, and black humor of life just behind the front lines. As seen through the eyes of a child who was expert in aircraft identification and bomb weights, food-rationing and tank types, one encounters a view of life inside Hitler’s wartime Reich that is both fascinating and rare. “Although the memories Gehlen shares are narrow, and offer little insight into the Reich itself, they’re remarkable for the child’s perspective they bring to bear on a warring country’s ferocious struggle.” —Publishers Weekly “A real gem, a quiet tour de force . . . Despite its serious subject matter the book reads as an adventure story from start to finish.” —Military Modelling

Author : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0760309469

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Hitler Youth by Brenda Ralph Lewis Pdf

Between 1933 and 1945 the entire youth of Germany became a limb of the Nazi Party, educated and trained to serve the needs and desires of National Socialism in its quest to establish a 1,000-year Reich. Hitler Youth examines the manipulation and corruption of a whole generation of German youth under the Nazis: the various youth organizations, the Nazi education system, and how the authorities gradually weaned children from their families. Includes a chapter on the military record of the infamous Hitlerjugend Division.

Author : Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Hitler-Jugend
ISBN : 0880292369

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The Hitler Youth by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch Pdf