A review by pagesofpins
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.0

I regrettably listened to the audiobook on this one, which is very robotic and stilted. Upon examining the book, I found that the pictures and format helped me keep all the teens straight, especially since to me, an American, many of their names were unpronouncable. Fascinating history about the 12 years Hitler was in power and the children who grew up under his regime, who learned to question nothing about national socialism and to obey their Hitler Youth leaders (often only a year older) over their teachers and parents. Teens who, on purpose or on accident, had their own parents and neighbors killed. Teens who stood up against Hitler and went to the guillotine bravely, and teens who operated tanks or worked concentration camps in willful ignorance. Interesting how youth were deliberatley used by Hitler strategically.

Book Quote:
“What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may be." Robert Scholl