Bartoletti, S. C. (2005). Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.
Hitler Youth is not a book about Hitler as a child, instead about the influence Hitler had on many children and teenagers during this time period. This book focuses on 12 German youngsters first-hand accounts about joining Hitler Youth. The Nazi party attracted many youth through promising them fun, adventure,and a great future during a time when many Germans were in poverty. As a result, some young people decided to enroll in the organization in hopes that they would make a better life for themselves and their family. This was Hitler’s plan to mold the young minds into making them become anti-Semitic and eventually join the Nazi militia. Although this book is a chilling heartbreaking read, it will give readers a better understanding on how Hitler rose to power. Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow is Sibert & Newberry Honor nonfiction-memoir book. The first few pages introduces 12 children that the book focuses on.Susan Bartoletti combines narrative and expository writing allowing the reader to feel like they are connected with each child’s experience during the Holocaust. As readers explore, they will feel like they are looking through a photo album. The book includes many black and white photographs that connects with what the German children had witnessed. This book will leave readers of all nationalities reflecting on the negative or positive effects one person can have on a community.
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Bartoletti, S. C. (2005). Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.
Hitler Youth is not a book about Hitler as a child, instead about the influence Hitler had on many children and teenagers during this time period. This book focuses on 12 German youngsters first-hand accounts about joining Hitler Youth. The Nazi party attracted many youth through promising them fun, adventure,and a great future during a time when many Germans were in poverty. As a result, some young people decided to enroll in the organization in hopes that they would make a better life for themselves and their family. This was Hitler’s plan to mold the young minds into making them become anti-Semitic and eventually join the Nazi militia. Although this book is a chilling heartbreaking read, it will give readers a better understanding on how Hitler rose to power. Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow is Sibert & Newberry Honor nonfiction-memoir book. The first few pages introduces 12 children that the book focuses on.Susan Bartoletti combines narrative and expository writing allowing the reader to feel like they are connected with each child’s experience during the Holocaust. As readers explore, they will feel like they are looking through a photo album. The book includes many black and white photographs that connects with what the German children had witnessed. This book will leave readers of all nationalities reflecting on the negative or positive effects one person can have on a community.
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