The Hitler Youth Gristle For The Reich S Mill

Author : David G Williams
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : Michael H. Kater
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : H. W. Koch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,5 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 : Wilhelm Gehlen,Don Gregory
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Gerhard Rempel
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,6 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 : Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050747909

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Hitler Youth by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch Pdf

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Alexa Dvorson
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823927830

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The Hitler Youth by Alexa Dvorson Pdf

Describes how many young Germans were drawn into the Nazi movement and how Germany came more and more under the total control of Hitler and the Nazis.

Author : Hal Marienthal
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595368594

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Good Germans by Hal Marienthal Pdf

"Only rarely does an autobiographical manuscript become a breathtaking thriller However, the novel of American emigrant Hal Marienthal maintains its tension on a high level from the first to the last page and is, at the same time, a time-specific document of a terrifying reality." -Walter Gruenzweig, Vienna Standard "A soul-riveting, heart-shattering personal account of the Holocaust, from the 1920's to liberation under the Statue of Liberty. Absolutely spell-binding." -Kenneth Lincoln (UCLA), Men Down West, The Good Red Road, A Writer's China "Hal Marienthal writes with the assured rhythms of a gifted storyteller. This coming-of-age narrative carries us deep into the heart of Nazi Germany, where a wise child leads us through harrowing near-death tunnels into the expanse of a new life. Rich with cinematic vividness and the authenticity of a first-person witness, Good Germans makes a truly important contribution." -Elizabeth Rosner, The Speed of Light, Blue Nude Germany 1929: Horst, son of Jewish parents, is six years old when he runs away from an orphanage. For three years the desperate little boy survives by sheer determination and with the help of ordinary citizens. Unintentionally he witnesses the rise of Nazism on its most elemental level. Germany 1932: When Horst and his widowed father are reunited they accept proposed adoption plans by distant relatives in Chicago. The agonizing mechanism of getting Horst out of the country is the suspenseful core of the novel. Good Germans becomes an electrifying adventure story whose outcome remains uncertain until the book's final page.

Author : Eileen Heyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 1562942379

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Children of the Swastika by Eileen Heyes Pdf

Describes the Hitler Youth, the state-sponsored youth organization founded by the Nazi regime to train boys and girls ten and older to serve Hitler's government with unquestioning devotion.

Author : Jennifer Keeley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 156006613X

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Life in the Hitler Youth by Jennifer Keeley Pdf

Discusses life among the Hitler Youth, including their ideology and activities, school and home life, and involvement in World War II.

Author : Franz Jetzinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249890249

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Hitler's Youth by Franz Jetzinger Pdf

Author : Herbert R. Vogt,Herbert R. Vogt Ph.D
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,6 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 : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 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.