A Newbery and Sibert Honor Book! A riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth. A PB edition in an accessible new novel-sized reformat for Scholastic Focus!
In this Newbery Honor and Sibert Honor award-winning book, Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups.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 Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members."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| ISBN: | 9781338309843 |
| Publication date: | 26th March 2019 |
| Author: | Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Focus an imprint of Scholastic Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Educational: History History Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism |