Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Bartlett, S. C. (2005). Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.

Told from the perspective of the youth living in Nazi Germany, Hitler Youth chronicles the plight of several young people during the years leading up to, during, and after World War II.  Stories are told from those who believed in Adolf Hitler and his socialist policies and others who secretly fought against the Nazi propaganda.  The photographs will give you the chills and make you see World War II through the eyes of children.

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