Hitler Youth : Growing up in Hitlers Shadow
Susan Campbell Bartoletti Author
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Hitler Youth : Growing up in Hitlers Shadow
English
ISBN: 0439353793
EAN: 9780439353793
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical/Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Holocaust/Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Judaism/
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Release Date: 04/23/2005
Age Range: 12-12
Synopsis: 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 Germanys 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 Germanys young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.
Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null Carolyn W. Field Award (Pennsylvania Library Association) – null Flicker Tale Childrens Book Award – null Great Lakes Great Books Award – null NCTE Orbis Pictus Award – null Newbery Medal – null Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award – null Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award – null School Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null
Hitler Youth : Growing up in Hitlers Shadow
Illustrated: Yes
Format: Hardcover
Height: 0.6 inches
Width: 10.0 inches
Length: 10.0 inches
Weight: 35.27 oz
Pages: 176
