Hitler Youth, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hitler Youth, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Hitler Youth
Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Narrator: Kathrin Kana

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2006


Synopsis

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, thanks largely to the efforts of the Hitler Youth, whose organized propaganda marches throughout Germany helped the Nazi Party grow in strength. By 1939, it is estimated that more than seven million boys and girls belonged to the Hitler Youth.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow is the riveting and often chilling tale of a generation of young people who devoted their energy and passion to the Hitler Youth organization and left an indelible mark on world history. Award-winning author Susan Campbell Bartoletti infuses the work with the voices of both former Hitler Youth members and young people who resisted the powerful Nazi movement. These voices stand alongside those of Jewish youths and others who were senselessly and brutally targeted by the Third Reich. What emerges is the story of average children and teenagers faced with extraordinary and unenviable choices. The paths taken by the Hitler Youth and their struggle to come to terms with their actions at the end of World War II are sure to spark debate among young readers faced with the question of whether the horrors of Hitler’s Germany could ever cast dark shadows again.

About The Author

Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the author of picture books, novels, and nonfiction for young readers, including the ALA Robert F. Sibert Medal–winning Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845—1850 and Dear America: A Coal Miner’s Bride. She lives with her family in Moscow, Pennsylvania.Kathrin Kana is an actor, director, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator based in Los Angeles. Her narration of Hitler Youth was awarded the Audiofile Earphones Award in 2007.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the librarian on 2008-01-16 14:37:58

World War II or Holocaust books are not something I seek out. But this is a book I will recommend to everyone I know. Bartoletti's content is amazing, showing how the rise of Hitler was not just an adult movement, but an entire cultural movement with children playing a significant part. No so different from other times youth have taken a dominant lead in the culture, such as the roaring twenties and the sixties. The individual stories are amazing. Every junior high/high school should ***ign this one. Kana's reading is spot-on, with authentic pronunciation for French, English, and German. Worth listening to several times.

Goodreads review by Mara on July 24, 2017

I was not an easy adolescent to rear. Or maybe I was just typical. My teenage years definitely featured more than a few slammed doors and threats to never talk to my parents again, along with the occasional 'I wish xxx's parents were my parents.' Now just imagine if these types of disagreements ende......more

Goodreads review by Lewis on February 17, 2013

Frightening book. Shows how pervasive and persuasive were Hitler's successful efforts to attract young people to his Nazi movement. Some of my notes from an earlier read ... Each boy in the Hitler Youth had a Party Record Book in which his performance and progress were recorded. Boys who held exempl......more

Goodreads review by LeeAnn on June 04, 2009

What a chilling book. It documents what can happen when youth are indoctrinated by evil men (or women) from a young age and how it can happen in any culture. The necessity for good people to guide youth in learning to choose good over evil and recognize it for what it is. And yet it also caused me to......more

Goodreads review by Rachael on September 29, 2016

If waning to research for a WWII book, I highly recommend this one! It has stories from HY and you can really understand how they thought. Some stories are horrible, so if you think it will bother you, I would suggest a different book.......more