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