Blog Set #2 Hitler Youth

Bartoletti, S. C. (2005). Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction. Readers are transported to a time when Germany was deceitfully overtaken by Adolf Hitler. Hitler heavily relied on the youth to help him gain control over Germany, thus the Hitler Youth group was created. Young boys and girls were trained in combat and Nazi ideals. Later the Hitler Youth helped Hitler capture and persecute millions of Jews. The Hitler Youth finally came to an end in 1945 after Hitler committed suicide and Germany lost the war against former allies. The organization of the book helps readers understand the stories of those who were members of the Hitler Youth as well as Jews who recounted the horrors of Hitler’s reign. Readers are provided with detailed photographs, maps, timelines, an index, and a table of contents. The book is written in chronological order to help readers understand the formation and the final demise of the Hitler Youth. If you liked this book also read Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren.